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Leamington Old Town Team Portas Project

Leamington Old Town Team Portas Project. Update for South Leamington Community Forum. What we are aiming to achieve. Area Vision Encourage filling of Empty retail Units Improve Amenity Include Community Bring new customers to Old Town

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Leamington Old Town Team Portas Project

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  1. Leamington Old Town TeamPortas Project Update for South Leamington Community Forum

  2. What we are aiming to achieve • Area Vision • Encourage filling of Empty retail Units • Improve Amenity • Include Community • Bring new customers to Old Town • Encourage people using Old Town to stay longer and shop more

  3. Progress to Goals – Vision & Retail • Filling Units: • Directly filled one unit with multi-trader offer • Working with charities and businesses to open three more by March 2014 • Of empty units when bid made: • 8 now filled (including direct fill above) with at least three more to come. • 2 further units with planning applications for full refurbishments • 3 further units to be filled from our scheme • In talks about a further 3 properties • Working in partnership with organisations seeking to make use of a creative arch. • Projects dropped and reason: • One shared office and café model – reason: fall-off in supporting finance by involved charity. • One therapy centre and green café – Reason: Excessive refurbishment costs expected by Landlord • Ceramics Hub Reason: Unable to negotiate approprate rent with WDC

  4. Progress to Goals - Amenity • Amenity improvement • Considering a strategy to involve traditional sign-writers in supported projects • Christmas Lights – first new lights for 12 years – five year minimum life • Continuing conversations with Network Rail re use of infrastructure

  5. Progress to Goals – Community Involvement and Browsing Behaviour • Improved community involvement, new customers and new traders • Regular markets – 6 night markets in October/November • Brought New Traders to Old Town • Three new businesses had first trades at the events • Brought new customers to Old Town (footfall similar to Saturday trading footfall, but into the evening at a time trade normally drops) • Passing footfall stayed and viewed stalls, typically for 30-40 minutes. • Craft and participation workshops • ArtsHub (Canalside, Clemens Street) • Dombey and Daughter (26 High Street)

  6. Dombey & Daughter • A shared trading space in the Old Town for local artists and makers • Led by a participating trader supported by the Princes Trust, mentored by award winning businesswoman (Mickey Rose from ‘The Green Apple’ online retailer and others), in partnership with a new brand skincare company (Manby and Hall.

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