Best Environmental Web site 2006
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| Market towns must respond to the changing needs and demands of modern times if they are to survive, especially in the face of the competition from out of town and edge of town developments. The best town centres offer distinctiveness, identity and a quality environment - a sense of civic pride. | | |
| Maintaining a quality local environment is one of the key functions of a town in the eyes of local people. Clean pleasant streets, attractive open spaces, well maintained signs and street furniture are all seen as important. Setting high standards for public maintenance services also encourages private businesses and property owners to take a greater pride and investment in local areas. | |
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| The trial of a co-ordinated and focused street maintenance strategy between Warwickshire County Council, North Warwickshire Borough Council and Coleshill Town Council resulted in a dramatic improvement in the appearance of Coleshill town centre street scene and approaches to the business estates. There has been a 80% improvement in the visual appearance of Coleshill town centre in less than 12 months. | |
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|  | | Based upon on the work in Coleshill, a co-ordinated programme of maintenance work has also been carried out in many other of Warwickshire’s market towns, including Southam, Shipston, Alcester, Atherstone and Polesworth, each with the input from local residents as part of a Civic Pride Working Group.
Click here to view the latest ‘Streetscape Index’ for Warwickshire’s market towns. This Index shows the percentage improvement in the street maintenance score for each market town as result of the actions of the Civic Pride Working Groups. | |
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| For further information about the Warwickshire Market Towns Initiative, please contact | |
| regenproj@warwickshire.gov.uk | | | | |
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