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- HELPERS REQUIRED FOR 2008 SEASON
- Entrance to East end of Town - new project to revamp the grassy area opposite the caravan park - 2007
- The group held a site meeting at the East entrance to town going over ideas for the area. A general tidy of the area to remove weeds and over grown trees, native planting required, maybe a seated area and focal point would be appropriate for the largest part of the area. A pathway towards the distillery, and as this area is used a lot by dog walkers doggie bins would be appropriate. Just afew ideas to start with. We need to contact the Council to check we can develop this area and to find out who and how often it would be tended. Next stage is to take our intiial proposals to Take A Pride in Perthshire with a view to gaining help from a Perth & Kinross Council Landscape Architect.
- Meeting held with Jeannie Skoyles P&K Countryside Ranger and Daryl McKeown P&K Roads about the procress required to develop the East entrance to town in terms of road safety and native planting for the area.
- The group invites residents and business owners of Aberfeldy to come along to meetings to help or put forward ideas for this project, what would you like to see on this big blank canvas. There could be something there that will bring imparct to the entrance of town.
- The Square Upgrade / Development Project 2005. Why upgrade the square?:The revamp of the square was undertaken as a solution to reduce maintenance of the square and have it less cluttered making it a nicer and safer zone to be in. The "Move 2 Improve" group of around 8 volunteers has planted, tended, watered and weeded the square now for around 3 years (before that it was Aberfeldy in Bloom volunteers that did this) and after many requests from Move 2 Improve for help from residents etc we found it difficult to gain support in tending this large area on a regular basis with only our small group of volunteers. There were 6 flower beds in which people allowed their dogs to foul, litter to gather, cigarette ends accumulate and as usual a healthy growth of chickweed was a regular visitor.
- Feedback on the square revamp: We have had great feedback from the majority of residents, visitors and business owners in and around Aberfeldy
- December 2005 - all groundwork finished except for installation of the iron work around the trees - estimated in place before Christmas break. Waiting on the information sign revamp which will take place over the Christmas break along with painting the board frame and hand rail in the square.
- November 2005: WB Grieve Groundwork's - Aberfeldy gained the tender to develop the square. Work started on the square and is scheduled to be finished around the end of November with a view that the iron work for bases of trees will possibly not be delivered in time.
- October 2005: Tenders are out, to be returned by Friday 7th October 12.30pm, contracts to be signed around Wednesday 12th October. Work estimated to begin late October / early November with a view to completion of work around the start of December in time for Christmas light switch on and Market. Architect estimates all major upgrade works should be finished by this time. Information sign revamp for the square should be completed around end of december. New doors & windows plus an iron sculpture of the Black Watch Hackle on top of the information stand.
- September 2005: Funding is confirmed from the following:
- Perth and Kinross Council - Environment Services "in Bloom"
- Take a Pride in Perthshire Association
- Perth & Kinross Financial Assistance to Voluntary Organisations
- Perth & Kinross Rural Initiative
- Aberfeldy Common Good Fund
- Move 2 Improve
- Aberfeldy wins 4th Prize in Take a pride in Perthshire Awards, 2004
- 4th Prize in "Best Large Village" category.
- Iron "Aberfeldy" signs on all entrances to town painted
- Black Watch Monument Lighting Project
- Lighting now installed on adjacent street lamp. New plaque also installed
- New Steel Benches installed at the Black Watch Monument
- Depicting scenes around Aberfeldy - Distillery, Wades Bridge and the Black Watch Monument. New bench also installed on roadside at caravan park area.
If you are interested in any of the projects or have an idea for future projects then please contact us at info@move2improve.co.uk for further information. |
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