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MAY 2021 NO. 211 A free monthly community paper for the parish of Nailsworth, available in colour on our website www.nailsworthnews.org.uk Nailsworth Town Council This issue contains the Annual Report of the Town Council, which we publish on In this issue… their behalf, as part of a long standing partnership. Readers will also fi nd details of The Door Needs You! Page 4 the people who will form the new Town Council, including two new candidates. Urgent fund raising Nailsworth News would like to thank the Council for its support during the last year Business News Page 5 and for their help with NN deliveries. Three Storeys Comrades Club Reborn Page 6 New Beginnings Three Storeys feature During the past year many people have recognised the intrinsic importance of the Nailsworth Festival Back Page 8 environment around them. The Comrades’ Club building’s transformation into the 20th-27th August Three Storeys Centre is to house Earth Bound and Landlinks, new exhibitions on environment and space. On page 6 Megan Delaney writes about the history of this Town Councillors Page 10-11 building and the concepts behind the regeneration. Meet your Nailsworth Councillors Throughout the pandemic, Nailsworth’s essential shops have stoically served their Town Council Feature Page 12-13 community, despite diminished footfall and eerily quiet streets. Now non-essential Annual Report shops and businesses can welcome customers back. Window displays all around town are fresh, bright and appealing, to tempt us back into well-stocked shops. Nailsworth Bowls Club Page 14 Against all odds Nailsworth is beginning to look more like the vibrant town we all Specail Historical feature know and love. NN Editorial Team Arkell Centre Page 16 Freezer of love Bloomers Need You! 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These 9 vaccinated and are nervous about indoor council have been elected unopposed as there gatherings. offi ces more are 11 seats. On pages 10 & 11 of this We do have ways that we can still accessible paper you can see details of the existing operate, such as meeting remotely to • moving the councillors (who stay in post) and new discuss Council motions and having the Town Information Centre into the candidates (who will take their seats after Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Clerk and Deputy Library, helping the Library open 10th May). District, County and Police Clerk ratify decisions under our Scheme longer hours, and giving it a more and Crime Commissioner elections are of Delegation. stable longer term future taking place. We have extended our usual Annual • moving the annual Town Meeting It has been an interesting time for local Report to be one to cover all of this from the Town Hall to a marquee government. Across the whole of Stroud council, and you can fi nd that on pages in the Bus Station, making it a District there are only 4 Town and Parish 12 & 13 of this paper. We are grateful very accessible showcase of what elections, this is not great for democracy, to Nailsworth News for putting it in Nailsworth has to offer but the pandemic Social Distancing and this paper, to reach as many people as • And, really importantly for the Lockdown have meant that it hasn’t possible. vitality of the town we rigorously been possible to have a face to face chat Council achievements in the last fi ve fought SDC’s plan to impose with people interested in becoming a years: parking charges on us. We councillor, and possibly more councillors Notable internal changes include researched their proposal, worked have decided to stand down, after an • the introduction of templated with the Chamber of Trade and intense additional twelve months. papers for agenda items, giving many residents, and we produced Councillors and residents clarity the evidence that stopped the Councillor Vacancies about what Council is discussing charges There are now two Councillor and deciding A number of councillors have stood vacancies, so we will be looking to co- • computerising all the fi nances and down over the life of the Council, opt to get us up to full strength. Contact budgets to ensure council money is after serving their town well. I’d like us if you’d like to to represent the spent wisely particularly to thank Sue Reed, for her residents of Nailsworth and help shape • building a fl exible and stable long service to the town. Sue was Mayor the future of the town. staff team able to thrive as between 2005 and 2007 and has been a new legislation brings new stalwart of the council. New Council responsibilities Now it is over to the new Council! The New Council will meet on Visible successes include the third Tuesday of May with the • resolving the long standing Jonathan Duckworth uncertainty of COVID and the pandemic question over what to do with the still looming over us. money from the FGR Stadium For the last year we have been meeting development. We devised a plan remotely, and have been legally able to that provided a MUGA for the do this under emergency legislation. That school AND a community park in legislation runs out at the beginning of Miles Marling May but there will still be restrictions • moving the Council Offi ces to the l k new premi New ses Now at: George St, Nailsworth.