A conference in Burntwood is giving people the chance to hear about new developments designed to improve the town.
It is being organised by WS7 Our Place – a partnership of the community organisations and Burntwood Town Council – and will take place at Burntwood Memorial Hall on January 28.
Running from 9.30am to 2.30pm, the Burntwood Big Town conference will also give people a chance to find out about existing developments and others on the horizon.
Project director Philip Mantom said: “Everyone with an interest in making Burntwood an even better place to live, work and visit is invited to join us at the Memorial Hall to have their say and to look at ways they can help improve the town.”
For more details or to reserve a place at the event email [email protected].
Running from 9.30am to 2.30pm, on a Wednesday!
That’s most of the local working population excluded – no surprise there.
If it had been arranged for an evening, then it would have run to 11pm. Then we’d have had had people complaining that they couldn’t come because of childcare or other issues. On a hiding to nothing really, when you try to do something positive, eh, Rob. No surprise there
So it’s definitely positive?
Come on Rob, not *that* many people work in Burntwood…
That’ll be the levels of disadvantage in the town that councillor Woodward is so devastated by.
I often wondered what she meant, making us sound worse than the Bronx, or even Brownhills.
Thanks for clearing it up.
It’s been a couple of weeks now, yet still no confirmation of the new developments that were going to be highlighted.
So when will “everyone with an interest” be informed of the conference outcome?
The sort of cynicism displayed by Rob is exactly the reason we need to get the community together to plan for the future. I always talk Burntwood UP, and speak up for it. I have never referred to it as a sort of no-go area so perhaps Rob would explain where his misinformation comes from. I look forward – one day – to him coming up with something positive and actually taking some time and trouble to promote the town rather than talk it down.
@ Sue Woodward:
I’ve never referred to it as a sort of no-go area either, I merely quoted your statement about the “levels of disadvantage” in the town from here:
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2015/01/16/devastation-as-town-to-lose-both-childrens-centres-if-plans-given-go-ahead/
so perhaps you could explain where your misinformation about my reference to no-go areas comes from?
I don’t bother talking Burntwood “down” or “up” it is what it is, and if I didn’t like it I’d move elsewhere. The only thing that could spoil it is knowalls with bright ideas.
So, radio silence on Burntwood’s “new developments” goes on and labour mouthpieces are unusually quiet too.