Market Towns Initiative
What is the Market Towns Initiative?
The Market Towns Initiative is a nation programme initiated by the Government through the Countryside Agency and the Regional Development Agencies.
The aim of the Initiative is to bring a new lease of life to market towns so that they provide convenient access to the services that towns, people and surrounding rural communities depend on - retail and professional services, training and jobs, leisure and cultural opportunities.
The Initiative is based on the principles that:
- market towns should be the basis of sustainable rural communities
- local communities in market towns and their surrounding countryside should have a say in the future of their market towns
- the revitalisation of market towns should improve people's quality of life, provide access to essential services, jobs and goods, and improve the diversity and vitality of rural economies.
See these pages for related information:
- Farmers Market
- Bishop's Castle Marches Partnership
- Church Stretton Market Town Initiative
- Cleobury Country - Market Town Initiative
- Craven Arms Area Partnership
- Ludlow Marches Market Town Initiative
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