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- Re: Proud
- Proud - Teacher 10/1/2024, 22:37:19
- Re: Proud - Town Crier 11/1/2024, 10:06:24
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- Re: Proud - Andy Cappuccino 11/1/2024, 10:22:46
- Re: Proud - HH 11/1/2024, 10:34:09
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- Re: Proud - crumpsall 11/1/2024, 11:46:26
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- Re: Proud - BT Hatter 11/1/2024, 10:15:51
- Re: Proud - J in C 11/1/2024, 9:55:24
- Re: Proud - Nearly a Genius 11/1/2024, 9:44:09
- Re: Proud - Hagar The Horrible 11/1/2024, 14:22:27
- Re: Proud - Madpig 11/1/2024, 0:20:43
- Re: Proud - High Town Hatter 11/1/2024, 12:22:09
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- Re: Proud - Toddingtonsteve 10/1/2024, 23:28:58
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- Re: Proud - pingu 10/1/2024, 23:12:47
- Re: Proud - On me head 10/1/2024, 23:02:53
- Re: Proud - Kingy 10/1/2024, 22:42:52
- Re: Proud - Essex hatter 11/1/2024, 9:58:11
- Re: Proud - Correct 10/1/2024, 23:20:37
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- Re: Proud - Nearly a Genius 11/1/2024, 15:00:58
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« Back to index | View thread » - Re: Proud - Town Crier 11/1/2024, 10:06:24
I do agree that skills investment is needed but that requires companies coming in willing to invest in the town and its people. Which has happened elsewhere. There's little the council can do in terms of skills apart from selling the town as a place to build a base and invest. And there is loads to attract industry - an airport, good train links, buses aren't bad, the M1, proximity to London, a reasonably-sized pool of people to employ. Industry will need to work with local colleges to deliver stuff they need too, of course
I also think that we think Luton is some kind of special case when town centres up and down the country are in disarray. The almost complete reliance on retail to build town centres around - with no foresight on what might happen if physical retail starts to decline - has come home to roost. Town centres now need a mix of residential, leisure, education and offices to regenerate them. With some minor retail included too. Trouble is, places like capability green are built outside the town and that just drains people away from the centre. If that was built in the town centre (or if it was possible to do so) that would massively help. Maybe if the Arndale is demolished or partly demolished all sorts of other developments can be built to draw people back in to the town centre
Luton isn't lost and I think the council are trying. But I'd suggest they need to just try a little bit harder
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