Newton
Abbot now has a Community Plan!
We would like you to join us to celebrate!
We invite you to an event to celebrate the launch of our Community Plan.
This will be held at Bearnes Primary School, next to Argos, Newton
Abbot on Saturday 5th April 2008 between 2-6pm. The event will be an
opportunity to enjoy some our community performers, meet the steering group and
debate and discuss the future development of Newton Abbot. Many people feel very
passionate and protective about Newton Abbot and want to maintain its heritage
and tradition, but also recognise that it can and must be improved. Not all the
changes over the last 20 years have been for the best.
Many people feel that the Town needs a new vision of how it should develop over
the next 20 years. The fundamental element to emerge from the consultations is
that the people of Newton Abbot need to recover a strong sense of community to
help tackle social issues and, very importantly, to work towards making the Town
a better place to live and work in.
Several of the proposed Projects are intended to strengthen this sense of community.
The Town must be prepared for big changes in the years to come: increased population,
climate change, competition from other urban areas etc. We hope that the people
of Newton Abbot will recognise that this Plan reflects their hopes and aspirations,
and that the community, the local authorities, and other organisations will adopt
it as the ‘blueprint’ of the vision to transform the town in to a place where
people will want to live, work and visit.
Newton Abbot & District Community Plan Steering Group
C/O Great Western House,
9 Devon Square,
Newton Abbot TQ12 2HN
