On Tuesday evening I went along to the launch of the Thatcham Vision at the Thatcham Rugby Club. The Town Council funded two part time organisers to work with a voluntary steering group to create a Town Plan. Many of the villages in West Berkshire have prepared a village plan - basically a wish list of the residents following consultation. Thatcham has about 25,000 inhabitants, so it is no mean feat trying to ascertain the wishes of such a large number of people.
They had a response from about 10% of the households in the town, which is quite impressive, and have set up various working groups to concentrate on the many different aspects of the plan, from children and young people, senior citizens, the town centre, the environment to name but a few. The have about 100 action points that they now hope to persue. It is an enormous task, and I wish them well.
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