I have secured an additional £1.5 million for Wrexham through Pride in Place Impact funding.
This can be used for:
a. Community spaces: creating, extending, improving or refurbishing existing community facilities and enabling community organisations to take control or ownership of underused but valued local assets.
b. Public spaces: enhancing the physical environment in public spaces – examples of initiatives include new or improved green spaces or public squares, improved outdoor play, sports and leisure spaces, installing street furniture, public art or wayfinding.
c. High street and town centre revitalisation.
The funding will be administered by Wrexham County Borough Council who have decided to divide it equally amongst all the community councils across the County Borough.
Many of you completed my survey about what you wanted to see the money spent on. This has been shared with community councils. Here is a summary of what you asked for:
ACTON
- Acton Park – playground/facilities/ maintenance/ anti social behaviour prevention
- 9 Acre field accessibility and use
- Acton Resource Centre green space
- Groves site
BROUGHTON
- Brynteg tennis court
- Park benches
COEDPOETH
- Nant Mill playground, visitor centre and toilets
- Coedpoeth playground
CAIA PARK
- The Venture
GRESFORD
- Use of Gresford colliery bank for community
- Gresford Church restoration – roof
- Gresford Lake
- More youth clubs
GWERSYLLT
- Community spaces/allotments/gardens
- Accessible play equipment on Gwersyllt side of Alyn Waters
- Turning slag heaps in Pandy into a community space with landscaping and footpaths
HOLT
- Kenyon Hall renovation
LLAY
- More public toilets, maintenance of Llay side of Alyn Waters
MAELOR SOUTH
- Dymock pub
MARCHWIEL
- Station Road Marchwiel unadopted section
- Marchwiel Railway village walk way
MINERA
- Reopen Minera Lead Mines visitor centre
- Clywedog trail
- Minera playground
OFFA
- Bellevue Park – basketball courts/playground/community cafe or hub/ skate park/ pump track/ bandstand/accessible play equipment/sensory garden
- Clywedog trail
- Maintain grounds around RWF statue
- Barracks Fields estate
RHOSDDU
- Community spaces e.g. Ashfield Park
- Garden Village Hall
WREXHAM CITY CENTRE
- Reopening closed shops/alternative use
- Youth club/ hub/ opportunities
- Green space/planting/community gardening
- Better signage and routes around the city centre
- Art trail
