The holidays have finally arrived which when we were in the
depths of the floods during the first quarter of the year seemed a long way
off. For those of you going away over the next few weeks, have a very peaceful,
safe time with your families and friends.
Last night I attended the Corsham Area Board where the
community previewed the first phase of its new campus. It is a truly
spectacular building – bringing together previously separate council services
located in different, expensive buildings, the Police, the voluntary sector and
a myriad of different community groups. Children and young people toured the
new facilities first – they were surprised and delighted when they saw the
climbing wall right next to the library space. In a moment of madness I seem to
remember challenging one of our elected member to a climbing completion when it
opens in a few weeks time. I’m hoping Cllr Packard forgets. There was a real
buzz about the place which was exactly what we wanted to create when we started
this project 3 years ago.
Last week we had
the Local Enterprise Board (LEP) which comprises 12 business leaders from
across the county together with the two elected leaders from Swindon and
Wiltshire. This group is charged by the government with leading economic growth
and increasing jobs, housing and delivering increased employment land for the
county. The boards plan – the strategic economic plan (SEP) has just been given
the green light from government and we have been awarded around £120m over the
next six years to deliver our economic projects and create many thousands of
new jobs. This is great news for the county and our communities. We were
awarded the third largest amount per capita across the 39 LEPS in England.
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