The following comments were made on issues around Local Business & Tourism. This is raw data and has not been altered from what was put down on the postits we collected after the 2 consultation days.
The following comments were made on issues around Local Business & Tourism. This is raw data and has not been altered from what was put down on the postits we collected after the 2 consultation days.
Shops
- Must support Post Office and all shops (13)
- Post Office - Central to village life
- Many use weekly
- It is up to local people to support local shops!
- Turn old Newsagents into hairdresser/chemist (2)
- Make more presentable (2)
- Need shop at top of village
- More business needed
- Create a Fair Trade village (4)
- Sell more local produce
- We need better shops!
- Support for small complementary therapy practices(10 in village)
- Country Gallery and Mrs G’s create focus for visitors
- Local market in village once a month?
- Local environmental enterprise – link to transition towns (Totnes etc.)
- Local outlets for local skills
Support remaining pubs (2)
- Lovely to have ‘family pub with play area etc. serving children’s meals
- Pub down by river
- Fish & Chip van useful asset
- Library van a good idea
More parking in village (7)
- Less yellow lines (3) give wrong message to visitors!
- Retain yellow lines for safety reasons
- More people would use amenities
- Visitors car park in old V&A car park (3)
- Stop commercial parking on Aish Road ( )4
- Castle Inn(sic) Car park should be made public and not just for customers
- Village already congested enough
- Create parking bays for ‘short stays’
- Quay car park could charge hourly rates (3)
- Guides for visitors (2)
- Better signage/guides/website
- Offer themed tourism (eg local/national history/geography/culture) linked to local produce and skills.
- More conservation areas, speed limits enforced and more dog poo bins
- Local business to advertise on village website. –(2)
- Integrate village walkways and footpaths and signposts for visitors.
- Need hotel to attract visitors – who will spend locally
- Keep Hotel .
- Mrs G’s to become a curry house?
- Visit the church – it is always open
- Advertise SG in other local towns (2)
- Advertise SG at all campsites (2)
- Tourism vital to continued life of village
- Utilise Conservation info boards in a village leaflet/duide
- Make fun sports events for all, and get Stoke involved in the world!
- Board at entrance to mill pond from Clay Park – still empty (2 years)
- Swimming Pool - freshish water now in River. Create sunwarmed UV fitered pool
- Planning restrictions inhibit employment
- Better Mobile phone coverage
- Stop second homes from taking over