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A town partnership will be set up to shape its future
23/01/2023 @ 02:38
A town partnership will be set up to help shape the future of Newtown.
It comes after Newtown Town COuncil first suggested the idea last year and asked local people, community groups, businesses and organisation to particpate.
Initially, there was a limited response, however, a second push towards the end of last year has seen 55 expressions of interest in the partnership, accordint to the council.
In a statement, it said the formation of the Newtown Town Partnership was timely because of the council's work developing the next five year's of its rolling stategic business plan.
A council spokesperson said: "As your Town Council we undertake consultation exercises with residents and local organisations (within the private, public and voluntary sectors) to seek their views and input to the work we do which in recent times has included both the Place Plan (“OUR TOWN, OUR PLAN”) and our 5-year strategic business plan.
"We are currently in the initial stages of our annual exercise to develop our next rolling 5-year strategic business plan which is influenced by the Place Plan and needs to be updated to reflect new priorities and the progress made to date. The work in both theses plans has grown out of the community itself."
They added: "Consequently, it has provided a timely opportunity for the Town Council to engage with local organisations to create a Town Partnership.
"We hope that the formation of a Town Partnership where, public, private and voluntary sector organisations work in partnership for the benefit of our Town by creating long term sustainability of the community – economic, social and environmental.
"As a Town Council we appreciate that local organisations are an important part of our local community and possess an invaluable wide range of knowledge, skills and expertise that could be utilised by them taking an active role in influencing and enabling others to achieve the outcomes set out in the strategic business plan."
The council said town partnwerships were relatively new territory in Wales.
"We are keen to try and get the best model for the community of Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn. With the basic foundations now in place we look to think about the next steps and how the group is best facilitated so that it becomes a constructive voice towards common or co-ordinate goals for the town."
Anyone wanting to still be involved in the project can contact either Cllr Pete Lewington (pete.lewington@newtown.org.uk ) or the Town Clerk (townclerk@newtown.org.uk) to register interest.
It comes after Newtown Town COuncil first suggested the idea last year and asked local people, community groups, businesses and organisation to particpate.Initially, there was a limited response, however, a second push towards the end of last year has seen 55 expressions of interest in the partnership, accordint to the council.
In a statement, it said the formation of the Newtown Town Partnership was timely because of the council's work developing the next five year's of its rolling stategic business plan.
A council spokesperson said: "As your Town Council we undertake consultation exercises with residents and local organisations (within the private, public and voluntary sectors) to seek their views and input to the work we do which in recent times has included both the Place Plan (“OUR TOWN, OUR PLAN”) and our 5-year strategic business plan.
"We are currently in the initial stages of our annual exercise to develop our next rolling 5-year strategic business plan which is influenced by the Place Plan and needs to be updated to reflect new priorities and the progress made to date. The work in both theses plans has grown out of the community itself."
They added: "Consequently, it has provided a timely opportunity for the Town Council to engage with local organisations to create a Town Partnership.
"We hope that the formation of a Town Partnership where, public, private and voluntary sector organisations work in partnership for the benefit of our Town by creating long term sustainability of the community – economic, social and environmental.
"As a Town Council we appreciate that local organisations are an important part of our local community and possess an invaluable wide range of knowledge, skills and expertise that could be utilised by them taking an active role in influencing and enabling others to achieve the outcomes set out in the strategic business plan."
The council said town partnwerships were relatively new territory in Wales.
"We are keen to try and get the best model for the community of Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn. With the basic foundations now in place we look to think about the next steps and how the group is best facilitated so that it becomes a constructive voice towards common or co-ordinate goals for the town."
Anyone wanting to still be involved in the project can contact either Cllr Pete Lewington (pete.lewington@newtown.org.uk ) or the Town Clerk (townclerk@newtown.org.uk) to register interest.
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