howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
you are such a cynic brian, made me laugh though.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,707
I went and the team gave a great presentation of where they have got to so far, what things they think they can do in the short term, their new branding etc etc
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi
I like the bluebird logo Ross , the team where out in town last Saturday canvassing signatures , The mayor was leading the group
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
Ross, did many attend or would a quiet pub have been big enough.
Brian, I think this cynic has an idea what happened.
Chat, dream, speculate, plan, tea, gossip, dream, speculate then every body left.
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Ross Miller- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,707
There was a very good turnout with the majority of seats taken
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
- Posts: 8,115
Could "die heile Welt" be a translation of the English word Prosperity?
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
jan,welcome to the cynic's club.
Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 1,214
It's easy to be cynical isn't it? Where's the harm in giving this support instead?
The presentation by the Dover Town Team co-ordinators (four local business owners) was very good and very positive - I'd say there were 40-50 people there, a good attendance given the short notice.
Don't get hung up on the figure of Mary Portas - quite frankly no-one is under the delusion that the potential money that is being bid for is even going to scratch the surface of the problems for Dover. But that's not the point, the Portas idea has worked as a catalyst to try and bring business and community groups together to try and push the positives of Dover. Even if Dover fails in the bid, it's beginning to bring together the non-political community to have a crack at their own way of promoting this town.
It's very early days and too early to go into specifics of what the group intend to achieve but the general aim is to create an internationally recognised Dover brand - under the Bluebird logo - that will be used by local businesses and community groups to pull together and promote this town. A new website will be in the offing to try to centralise and co-ordinate the current disparate online marketing of Dover. The planned 'Bluebird' trail of sites and shops has great potential.
The concept is about bringing the community, retail and others, together to deliver improvement. In my view it deserves support.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
Agreed Phil.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Paul Watkins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 9 Nov 2011
- Posts: 2,226
Well done the Town Team.
Good to see business grouped together.
Watty
Absolutely, and #29, 30 and 31 say it all for me.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
phil,being a cynic is not easy,but on the understsnding of the inprove dover meetings i've been to,its chat and pr and then nothings done.so untill there is a substancal inprovement to town and surrounds,then and only i will stop being cynical.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Sounds good thought I would question the use of Bluebirds as a logo as they aren't even native and would never have been seen in Dover !
Been nice knowing you :)
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
Could be introduced though.......
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
- Posts: 2,868
I suppose 'Bluebirds' are symbolic - bluebirds for happiness - could be a symbol for regenerating Dover !!
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Lincolnshire Born and Bred
Guest 675- Registered: 30 Jun 2008
- Posts: 1,610
Maybe a write in campaign could be started to make Dame Vera Lynn a Freeman of the town, after all her song has made the bluebird synonymous with Dover.
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
Richard Armour
Naughty......
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
chris,would she be dueting with lord boyce on this one ?.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
you're on form tonight brian, the medication seems to be working.