Christmas lights - council puts up £10,000 (From Somerset County Gazette)
Get involved! Send your photos, video, news & views by texting COUNTY GAZETTE to 80360 or email us
Christmas lights - council puts up £10,000
12:20pm Friday 12th October 2012 in News
Kelly Durdan.
A CAMPAIGN to have Christmas lights hanging in Taunton town centre has received a £10,000 boost.
If traders can put up £10,000, Taunton Deane Council has agreed to stump up the same amount.
The match-funding pledge comes a fortnight after the authority said it didn’t have any money for festive lights in the county town this year.
And when Taunton Town Centre Company said it was also unable to fund any lights, Cllr Kelly Durdan approached businesses for donations.
Her efforts led to a re-think at the Deane House after council leader Cllr John Williams was impressed by her efforts.
He said: “We’ll match-fund whatever is raised up to a maximum of £10,000 because there’s now been a clear demonstration of self-help and we felt this would be a just reward.
“I applaud Kelly Durdan’s initiative and we have to encourage that sort of self help.
“I welcome the contributions from everybody.”
Cllr Durdan said: “It’s really nice that Taunton Deane Council has recognised how the community has come together and is willing to support my campaign.”
Comments(5)
Redrach76
says...
4:08pm Fri 12 Oct 12
mooman1000
says...
4:57pm Fri 12 Oct 12
Lest we forget they are the ones who had said there was no money in the pot for lights - I reckon they checked down behind the sofa and found it, they have very cushy ones so I have been told.
madcow
says...
9:41pm Wed 17 Oct 12
mooman1000 wrote:Just hope it wasn't the sofa that caught fire in Allington Close earlier today
So from the blue council that said they had no money for lights, to a miraculous find of £10k - take it they found it down the back of the sofa.
BTW Kelly not your campaign just you have been put forward by your contemporaries because you are easier on the eyes than JW.
Somerset_BTGOG
says...
5:40pm Thu 18 Oct 12
Don't the Council realise how much money they have?
Do we really want these numpties in charge of our council taxes?
I demand an election, these idiots have had long enough in charge and they have shown time and time again that they aren't up to the job.
Enough is enough.
mooman1000 says...
1:59pm Fri 12 Oct 12
BTW Kelly not your campaign just you have been put forward by your contemporaries because you are easier on the eyes than JW.