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Friday 6 February 2015

In defence of Sidmouth's independent businesses

The future of Sidmouth's economy will be considered during Climate Week next month
... looking at the community business project idea from Totnes: 
Futures Forum: Climate Week in Sidmouth ... Rob Hopkins and the Atmos Project ... Thursday 5th March at 1pm
... and the need to build economic resilience in the face of change:
Futures Forum: Climate Week in Sidmouth ... The New Economics Foundation and systems change >>> "Coastal Communities and their Local Economies" >>> Saturday 7th March at 4.30pm

Questions about the health or otherwise of Sidmouth's economy and its high street have been hotly debated during the last week following a letter in the Herald:
Futures Forum: New Economics Foundation: Clone Town Sidmouth? >>> "The towns most dependent on the biggest chains and out of town stores have proven to be most vulnerable to the economic crisis."

Today's Herald carried a piece on the issues raised:























The letters pages have never been so full on one subject:
























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