A community bid is being put together for the Drill Hall:
Futures Forum: Plans for Port Royal: BREAKING NEWS: a community bid for the Drill Hall launched > "Sidmouth Sunrise Drill Hall"
Futures Forum: Plans for Port Royal: a community bid for the Drill Hall > "Sidmouth Sunrise Drill Hall" campaign looking for help
With their Facebook pages here:
Sidmouth Sunrise Drill Hall bid - Home | Facebook
And an update from the Drill Hall Rescue site:
A formal Community Bid comes closer
Dear Friends,
As promised here is an
update.
Drill Hall Rescue has decided to put all its resources behind the
Sidmouth Sunrise efforts to create a Community Bid which will be acceptable to
East Devon District Council, and fight off competition from any commercial
bidders.
Drill Hall Rescue will also continue as normal because we have
to be prepared for the possibility of EDDC not choosing to support a Community
Bid. If they choose a commercial bidder then we will be needed to fight any
inappropriate changes to the hall, or attempts to have it
demolished.
Gillian Mitchell of Sidmouth Sunrise is making great strides
towards having a sensible business plan which can be used to bring in financial
backers. She has the support of people who will act as partners in approaching
various national funding bodies, and is in contact with heritage bodies for the
South West. There is also the potential for considerable financial backing from
an individual; although discussions are at a very early stage.
Drill Hall
Rescue will support her in her efforts in many ways, including being a way for
people to keep in touch with what she is doing. These newsletters will contain
information from her as well as from us in the future. You can also find her on
Facebook and a website will be coming soon.
I have told John Kinsey of
JLL that we are now a combined operation and he is treating us as a single
unit.
As far as I am aware there is no other group in Sidmouth who is
intending to bring forward a community bid so I hope that everyone in the town
can pull behind Gillian. Please keep encouraging people to sign up to these
newsletters and to check the website as that is the way of showing your
support.
As we get closer to the deadline of Feb 4th 2019, when the bids
have to be in, there will be loads of publicity and chances for engagement but
at the moment keep sharing the newsletters!
Kind regards, Mary
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