Issue - meetings

A Boddy requested an update on the stakeholder mapping exercise and the recruitment of business representative at the next meeting.

There was no further business discussed.

The Economic Development Manager provided the Board with images of the work achieved to date which included the;

·      relocation of the library into Spennymoor Leisure Centre;

·      ongoing demolition of units at Cheapside;

·      new £13m Springmoor Grange School development;

·      demolition of a supermarket and construction of a car park for Aldi;

·      new police custody suite (a £20million public investment in the area);

·      increased offer within the leisure centre for rehabilitation purposes for people recovering from strokes and accidents; and

·      improvements carried out at Festival Walk

All of the projects had created jobs and would encourage people to use the town. 

C Harwood mentioned that she had taken a group of ‘hard to reach’ children from Stanley to Spennymoor to see an art festival. They had been very impressed with the improvements made to the Front Street.

Mr A Boddy thanked the team for their continued hard work on the programme.