by Barbara Chalmers | Jul 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Voting on Place Priorities closed after a month-long consultation on 30 June. “I was cock-a-hoop to get over 500 responses to our Place Plan consultation,” said Place Plan Manager, Barbara Chalmers. “It’s notoriously difficult to get...
by Barbara Chalmers | Jun 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
When we began talking to people in Stranraer about the Place Plan and invited them to be part of the conversation, locals told us they’d rather be able to vote online than turn up at meetings. We listened. We made a bid to the Community Led Vision Fund to create...
by Barbara Chalmers | May 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
Stranraer’s Place Plan is live! The draft went public on 1 June. We’re consulting on it from 2-30 June. This is YOUR chance to have your say. We need you to ‘like’ the Plan to show the town supports this bid for £5 million Rank 6 priorities...
by Barbara Chalmers | May 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
STRANRAER’S PLACE PLAN will be revealed on 1 June. This community-led Plan represents the hopes of local people. It asks for £5 million from the Borderlands Fund to help transform the town. We’re asking YOU to help us prioritise ‘the asks’. ...
by Barbara Chalmers | Apr 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
During engagement on the Place Plan, we heard from local people that they’d like to be able to influence decisions without having to go to a public meeting. We applied to the Community Led Vision Fund and secured funding to set up a voting tool called Citizen...