On
Thursday, 27th March, the Llangollen Annual Town Meeting takes place between 7pm and 9pm in the Town Hall, and I
strongly recommend everyone to come along to what will be a very lively affair.
Mayor Lube has followed
former-mayor Jon Haddy in devoting most of the meeting to questions and answers
from residents, unlike the previous and highly contentious practice of
filling most of the time with guest speakers.
Make no mistake, these meetings
aren’t sleepy, quiet affairs for half-a-dozen residents raising concerns over
trees and dog mess anymore – they’ve been standing-room only in recent years.
There’s much to be questioned in a
year that’s seen the closure of the Cottage Hospital, HSBC, the disappointment
of the Christmas lighting, jobs at Dobson & Crowther, the cost of
reinstating the chain bridge, the development of Cilmedw, the ongoing cost of
the CCTV, the purchase of the garden opposite the Royal Hotel, the state and cost
of the Town Hall, the new Health Centre and integrating its parking space, and
the Town Council’s view on Plas Madoc and other campaigns.
You may not know, but Llangollen
is in a very exclusive club of UK towns accredited by Cittaslow, the
organisation that began as the slow food movement in Europe.
It acknowledges that Llangollen is
among the best for business and community. With this accreditation, doors are
open to funding, and we can all give ourselves a pat on the back for this
recognition that Llangollen is a great town, and great place to live and work.
Immediately following the Annual
Town Meeting, the Cittaslow team will be holding its inaugural public meeting
to elect a committee. How any funding obtained is spent is crucial, and ideas
are needed to help draw people into buying local.
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