The Dartmouth Chronicle has published the full list of candidates for the Town Council election on Thursday 2nd May: Unfortunately the list does not tell you which ward each candidate is standing in: by Charley Adams – Dartmouth Chronicle @charleyad21 charley.adams@dartmouth-today.co.uk Dartmouth (Read more)
The DIG candidates held an open public meeting last night (15th April) at the Flavel church. The meeting was well attended and an open question and answer session stimulated debate on several important subjects. The need for more affordable housing, (Read more)
Over the next week or so, we will be featuring the personal profiles of the DIG 16. Hopefully they will give you more of an insight into what we are like. Also more importantly, what we hope to achieve if (Read more)
Today will see the launch of the Dartmouth Initiative Group. 16 Dartmouth residents who want to change the way the local Town Council works with the community. This their list of candidates announced today: Dartmouth Initiative Group DIG is delighted (Read more)
As a part of the Future High Street initiative by the Government they have declared this Saturday is High Street Saturday. They are encouraging people to shop in the independent and national shops on their own high street to try (Read more)
A representative of the Government Ministry responsible for this funding, Laura Hurley, Cities & Local Growth Unit, MHCLG , gave a detailed presentation on how to complete the application for this funding. During the Q&A session I asked how many (Read more)
The Heart of the West LEP is hosting a workshop on applying for the Future High Street Funding. I will be attending this workshop to gain a better understanding of how to apply for it. We will not succeed in (Read more)
This is extracted from Sarah Wollaston MP’s website: Personal Message to Constituents from Dr Sarah Wollaston With regret, I have decided to resign the Conservative Party whip. I am passionate about this constituency and proud to have been the first (Read more)
This article was posted on the South Hams Gazette website today. This meeting will probably be well attended so get their early if you want to attend: Public meeting with MP Sarah Wollaston Thursday, 7 February 2019 – by Charley Adams – Dartmouth Chronicle (Read more)
Thought that headline might get your attention! It is a popular hobby in Dartmouth to complain about the performance of our Town Council. My message to you is “You elected them!”. If you think you can do better then you (Read more)
Dartmouth Visitor Centre has unveiled an ambitious extension project that will bring together aspects of the town’s history and heritage in a building offering so much more for future generations. The exciting proposal will include display and exhibition space for (Read more)
The South West Tourism Alliance is seeking “evidence” and “support” for a campaign to fight for fairer Business Rates. If you read their letter below it explains the idea better than I can. You can help by completing their survey (Read more)
This is a post I have placed on our Facebook page this morning: Yesterday I attended a Town Centre Strategy meeting at South Hams District Council, Follaton House. We formed a group to discuss this issue monthly over the next (Read more)
At a recent meeting on the 24th January 12 business owners came together to support a campaign to apply for the Governments new £675M Future High Street Fund. The Government Launched this fund with this statement: This government is committed (Read more)
Today the Dartmouth Chronicle published an artciel in support of our initiative to apply for funding from the Governments Future High Street fund. This is extracted from their website: Click on the image to read the article. The Town (Read more)
The Government has just announced the Future High Street fund. With a budget of £675M this is available to towns that wish to invest in the infrastructure needed to re-invigorate our town center. If you run a business in Dartmouth, (Read more)
The government has announced funding of about £650 million pounds for the rejuvenation of our high streets. The question is will Dartmouth take advantage of this fund by applying through SHDC or DCC for support? What would we invest in (Read more)
Friday, 7 December 2018 – Business The Dartmouth Chronicle today posted an article announcing that Companies House had decided to strike off the Dartmouth & District Chamber of Trade and Business (see below). This means there is no longer an official organisation (Read more)
Last week I wrote to Dartmouth Town Council asking them to debate the threat to the towns economic welfare resulting from the declining visitor numbers reported weekly on this website. With regular measurements of around 30% decline, I am concerned (Read more)
At the last Town Council full meeting on the 5th November a decision was taken to abandon the project to create a Neighbourhood Plan. As recorded in the draft minutes of the meeting below: As a past member of the (Read more)
As many of you know Dartmouth Business News has been publishing footfall data for Dartmouth quay for over a year now. The data shows a sharp decline in visitor numbers walking along this central street. We have been challenged many (Read more)
After the food festival the measured reduction in footfall year on year was challenged by a committee member. We asked Springboard to verify the validity of the measurements and they have now responded. Their tests have shown that the footfall (Read more)
In order to help the Healthcare Action Group communicate with the community, Dartmouth Business News has created a simple website where people can keep up to date with progress in the ongoing negotiations being held with the CCG and Torbay (Read more)
On Tuesday 30th October a public meeting was held at St Saviors Church chaired by the Dartmouth Area Healthcare Action Group Chairman Mike Mills. A full video of the meeting was recorded by John Walker and we include that video (Read more)
The numbers are in for the week of the food festival and show a drop in footfall of 12% compared to last year and a big increase of 31% on the previous week. This is quite surprising as the weather (Read more)
I have been asked to publish the following poster on Dartmouth Business News:
by Charley Adams – Dartmouth Chronicle @charleyad21 charley.adams@dartmouth-today.co.uk The Dartmouth Medical Practice Patients Participation Group is holding it’s AGM this week. On Thursday, October 18, the annual meeting of Dart patients will be at 6pm in the Guildhall, in the Clifton Room. (Read more)
Here are the footfall numbers for week 41 2018: Week 41 was clearly a bad week for high streets across the country. Particularly low compared to last year in the West Country but dramatically low in Dartmouth. This is a (Read more)
This is the latest update on the actions of the Dartmouth Area Healthcare Action Group as posted on FaceBook yesterday: Linda Goss 20 hrs I thought many would be interested to see the full press release of the meeting of (Read more)
Here are the footfall results for week 40 on the Dartmouth Quay:
Councillor Smith has been a loyal servant to the town for many years now using his best efforts to address the concerns of his constituents. Sadly he has often been a lone voice in expressing his concerns about issues that (Read more)
Driving towards Strete Gate yesterday to walk the dog we were tempted to turn back and return to Dartmouth when we saw at least three signs which stated we could not park, wait, unload or anything else if we went (Read more)
Here are the results of the Springboard footfall measurement for week 39 2018:
Here are the footfall numbers for week 38 2018:
Here are the Dartmouth footfall figures for week 37 2018: I would expect to see the decline reducing over time as we are now probably 1 year on from the start of the decline. The figures should now level out (Read more)
Here are the footfall numbers for week 36:
Here is the latest update from DHAG Chairman Mike Mills : These videos have been posted on Linda Goss’s facebook page so you may not be able to see them. If so then look at them on Facebook. (You might (Read more)
Here are the Springboard footfall results for week 35 2018. Bear in mind that this was regatta week but the YOY comparison is to the week after regatta last year. (regatta was in week 34 last year); This is one (Read more)
Here is a video presentation of the actions taken over the last weeks by the Healthcare Action Group. Video by John Walker
Tourism events and updates across South West England See the online version In this newsletter… SWTA Conference 13th November 2018 SWTA Fund-raising Dinner 12th November 2018 Another Record-breaking year for the South West Regional Tourism Awards Breaking news….Three new Sponsors Business Rates (Read more)
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