Bill Stokoe Chairman of GVG has contributed an opinion piece to The Guildford Dragon reflecting on the lessons offered by the Heritage Weekend. See Bills thoughts here (Opens in a new link) GVG believes that a town centre masterplan should not just be improving access to the retail offering, but should enhance Guildford’s many and varied exciting venues, displaying our town as a much more attraction-rich destination, a better day out, than that offered by neighbouring towns.
Turn the negatives of gap town, river barrier and hilly setting into positives. Promote a day out along the riverside. Celebrate the wider pedestrianisation as improving access to our heritage and not just the retail centres and nightlife, important as they may be.