Kidderminster...be part of it
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KIDDERMINSTER - BE PART OF IT
THE Shuttle/Times & News has teamed up with Wyre Forest District Council to give readers the chance to have their say on the future of Kidderminster.
This is the first in a series of features on plans to regenerate and develop the town and we hope the articles will stimulate debate in our community.
Ideas for a new vision for Kidderminster are now being developed by the district council in partnership with private, public and voluntary organisations from across the region.
Residents and businesses are invited to get involved by coming up with suggestions for making Kidderminster the best that it can be.
There are plenty of challenges and those responsible for sowing the seeds of regeneration and the future prosperity of the town need your help!
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
Tell the council what you think about your town - the strengths that we should be shouting about, the problems you think need fixing, and the opportunities for improvement.
Please take this opportunity to make your views known and considered by emailing or writing to:
Regeneration & Economic Prosperity Manager, Wyre Forest District Council, Duke House, Clensmore Street, Kidderminster DY10 2JX
Email:
regeneration@wyreforestdc.gov.uk
Closing date is Friday, May 30.
More information is available at www.wyrefor estdc.gov.uk or you can link to the council website through the Shuttle website at kidderminster shuttle.co.uk
1:04pm Wednesday 16th April 2008
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CommentPosted by: randled, kidderminster on 8:56pm Thu 1 May 08
I was horrified by the suggestion that the silos on the former sugar beet factory site should be preserved and even highlighted in some artistic manner.
The site may well have been hugely valuable to the economy of Kidderminster for many years but time has moved on.The silos are now nothing more than a reminder of the past - the facts that they are large and visible from a great distance are, on their own , good enough reasonsfor removing them.They are the alltime proverbial blot on the landscape and always will be.
In any event, Kidderminster needs to look forwards not backwards and glorifying an incredibly ugly relic of a dead industry is certainly not the way to do it to say nothing of the cost burden of maintaining it for ever after. The Town needs to identify itself with it is going rather than where it has been.
If there is money to spare, let it be spent on developing the site for a good and useful future rather than waste it on pointless and hair brained notions.
I was horrified by the suggestion that the silos on the former sugar beet factory site should be preserved and even highlighted in some artistic manner.
The site may well have been hugely valuable to the economy of Kidderminster for many years but time has moved on.The silos are now nothing more than a reminder of the past - the facts that they are large and visible from a great distance are, on their own , good enough reasonsfor removing them.They are the alltime proverbial blot on the landscape and always will be.
In any event, Kidderminster needs to look forwards not backwards and glorifying an incredibly ugly relic of a dead industry is certainly not the way to do it to say nothing of the cost burden of maintaining it for ever after. The Town needs to identify itself with it is going rather than where it has been.
If there is money to spare, let it be spent on developing the site for a good and useful future rather than waste it on pointless and hair brained notions.
Posted by: Kidder mister, Broadwaters on 7:16pm Sat 10 May 08
I have to agree with the comments by "randled" regarding the silos. The great privilege of blowing them up would make a wonderful gift for someone. Kidderminster has suffered enough at the hands of industrial "artists". A little more attention to harmony in architecture would not go amiss, instead of apparently random and clashing designs. The ability to recognise the worth or otherwise, of some of the older buildings in town would be of great benefit, and to then construct new buildings that blend in amiably. To achieve this kind of harmony however would take far more money than could reasonably be expected to be spent. So, clearing the eyesores from town would be a start, and the insistence that new developments "fit in" would go a long way to making Kidderminster a town to come to and enjoy. The area of Weaver's Wharf should be a standard by which all other developments should be measured. The blend of "fine" old with well designed (for the most part) new, is excellent. However, care and involvement by the community in general would go a long way to making Kidderminster a town to be proud of. As a member of the "Friends of Broadwaters" I take pride in the difference that the improvements to Broadwaters park makes to the north eastern approach to the town. If more groups like our's were to get involved with the fabric of their areas then Kidderminster would become a much nicer place to live.
I have to agree with the comments by "randled" regarding the silos. The great privilege of blowing them up would make a wonderful gift for someone. Kidderminster has suffered enough at the hands of industrial "artists". A little more attention to harmony in architecture would not go amiss, instead of apparently random and clashing designs. The ability to recognise the worth or otherwise, of some of the older buildings in town would be of great benefit, and to then construct new buildings that blend in amiably. To achieve this kind of harmony however would take far more money than could reasonably be expected to be spent. So, clearing the eyesores from town would be a start, and the insistence that new developments "fit in" would go a long way to making Kidderminster a town to come to and enjoy. The area of Weaver's Wharf should be a standard by which all other developments should be measured. The blend of "fine" old with well designed (for the most part) new, is excellent. However, care and involvement by the community in general would go a long way to making Kidderminster a town to be proud of. As a member of the "Friends of Broadwaters" I take pride in the difference that the improvements to Broadwaters park makes to the north eastern approach to the town. If more groups like our's were to get involved with the fabric of their areas then Kidderminster would become a much nicer place to live.
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