Seatons' "Town Matters" - is now on-line

What Price do we put on our town's future?
How long do we go on waiting for what we want?
who pays for the failure of governments to address local needs?

What price should we pay as residents and local businesses for a say on what is important for us, our families, our jobs and our local prosperity. Should we have a voice, or should the government and local bureaucracy dictate the terms of our existence. Do we have a right to say to large corporations that 'we don't want your one size fits all' solution, that a new road, or petrol station is too high a price to pay for loss of our livlihoods.

Can we as a local population make a better job of organising ourselves, exploiting our strengths, developing our assets and minimising our losses in local currency, employment and inward investment. The Seaton Business Forum is a place to start, what we do from here is up to all of us. Or, we could just lie down and die!

Business Units

in the centre of town will bring business and local jobs with it.

It provides start-up locations for new businesses and encourages people to come and invest.

A Raised Esplanade

A raised and feature Esplanade will bring more tourism and make more of what we have.

It will enhance the Seaton Bay experience for everyone and provide essential tourism revenues for the town

A Marina

The need for inward investment needs to be market driven. Therefore we need to appeal to a market - the international and domestic leisure mariners are a lucrative and sustainable source of income and would generate inward investment into the town.

This will itself generate tourism from inland and further fuel the towns' recovery. Ther will likely be increased hostelry needs and it will require little, or no infrastructure development as existing roads and car parks are more than adequate.

Leisure Centre

A leisure Centre from a School Pool is central to the town and using amenities that already exist.

The cost is low, benefits the school directly and the community wins without selling itself to large business.

Artificial Reef

This would provide a marine nature reserve, eco tourism which is good for business and would encourage sustainable local fishing without trawling.

A knock on effect might be to alter the tidal flow away from the Axe estuary providing for an easier ebb and flow of the tidal waters.

Town Matters