Vital Kingston

Public Meeting Success - hundreds of votes and fun too

Thursday, March 18, 2010

 

Thanks to everyone who turned up to our public meeting and to our wonderful singer, Rachel Rabin and our MC, Erich McElroy.   Not only did the sun smile on us (more or less) but we attracted keen interest and collected a lot more signatures and votes, which took the number of votes cast in our public opinion poll to 460 (average 3 votes per person). 

And the result of the question 'What do We Want After Borders'?  Well perhaps not surprisingly given that people are still in mourning for Borders, the order of preference of those who took part in the combined online and offline vote was as follows:

  

1. Bookstore with regular cultural events.

2. Cultural Centre (gallery, lecture theatre, event spaces).

3. Craft Workshops and Stalls for Small and Artisan Businesses.

So what happens now?  Well, we have sent the results to the landlords, In

vista, we hope to talk to the new tenants, whoever they are, and we will campaign to see these things in our town.

We will be sending regular updates on email and Twitter so please register to ensure that you get them.  Thank you again for your support! 

David and the Team at VK.