Madam,

I’d like to thank everyone who came along on Thursday for Aberystwyth’s first Place Plan meeting. In particular, the county council’s Alan Haird for taking the time to answer questions about what a Place Plan really is.

I was pleased to hear so many put an emphasis on youth engagement. Bringing more young people in to talk about their priorities for development in Aber is vital when their voices are often not heard. As one of three interim co-ordinators, our first task is to make sure we get a truly representative cross-section of Aberystwyth’s many and varied groups to steer this working group. We’ll be advertising the next meeting on social media, through adverts in media outlets in Aberystwyth, and by word of mouth. Hopefully we’ll see even more groups turn up to have their say on what they want Aberystwyth to look like at our next meeting on 13 December at 6.30pm.

Yours etc,

Cllr Charlie Kingsbury, Penparcau Ward, Aberystwyth Town Council.

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