Your Ideas for our City – Public Meeting June 17

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Your Ideas for our CItyWe were delighted to welcome over 130 attendees at our panel discussion in the Assembly Room as part of the ongoing Festival of Chichester.

It was on the exact 50th anniversary of the Town Meeting in Chichester Cathedral on Monday 17 June 1974 which was attended by some 1500 citizens outraged at the ongoing demolition of housing to create a dual carriageway ring road and commercial development within the city centre.

This prompted us to organise a similar – albeit smaller – event to discuss issues affecting the city today.  It was a lively meeting, with lots of ideas from the panel and arising from Q&A session, followed by drinks and nibbles with opportunity for further discussion.

Panel members were:

  • Phil Hewitt (chair): Arts Editor of the Chichester Observer
  • Mark Elliott:  Festival of Chichester Administrator
  • Simon Holland, Interim Dean of Chichester
  • Richard Plowman: Former Councillor and Mayor of Chichester, currently Chichester Town Crier.
  • Mark Mason: Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Experience)of the university of Chichester

We will produce a summary of the main ideas and issues raised, with a plan for follow up.

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