Also, please feel free to get the weeds out of the Palm Trees or anywhere really. Every little helps.
BRIG Centenary Club
We have now started a Centenary Club consisting of 100 people who have the opportunity to win a prize every month, and twice a year a massive prize of £500, as well as other cash prizes. The numbers and the winners will be named below.
Winning Numbers for July are;
First Prize of £50 = Number 78
Second Prize of £25 = Number 61
Third Prize of £10 = Number 64
The Draw was done on the 31st July at 1.30pm at the Doctors Surgery by Paula the Receptionist.
Cambrian News
We have been in the Cambrian News in recent weeks regarding the work that we have done. Even though these have been more negative than positive, we still appreciate the opinions of those in the town.
The concerns about the lighting of Barmouth Bridge have been addressed directly to the person who who expressed an interest in the project. You can read more about the Barmouth Bridge Illumination Project in the Planned Project Page on this Web Site.
The second letter, more of a general concern of the state of the town, was answered by Steve, one of the members of BRIG, in the letters columns of the paper.
Barmouth In Bloom
Barmouth In Bloom have finished their improvement of the north and south ends of Jubilee Road and it looks great. We would like to congratulate them on their wonderful work and wish them all the success with future projects.
The Palm Tree Project
As you might be aware, the Palm Trees on the Promenade there today are visually different from the ones that were first installed.
This is because the original trees that were sent to us were wrong for the following reasons.
1. They were not grown in pots at the beginning and then continued to be grown in pots as they should have been.
2. The soil was not the one promised to us by the co-ordinator of the project and was substandard.
3. Sand was put into the pots by them, but it should not have been.
We felt that, after looking into the process they went through, that they were very unlickly to last the summer let alone a lifetime.
We could not take that risk with the project that they would all die and the supplier would be a long way away with out redress.
We decided to make the change urgently.
We went direct to a supplier in Italy and personally chose the individual Trees that are now along the promenade. These were then shipped directly to us and we replanted and replaced all 60 of them over a 4 day period.
The supplier of the trees also supplied the plaques. As you can see they have not lasted any length of time and have faded considerably on a very short time. We will be doing this in due course.
We were disappointed by the original supplier and everything he did within this project, and it was our choice to make the change and we are all proud that we did.
The trees look amazing along the Promenade and we feel that this has all been worthwhile, if not a lot harder than first thought.
Awards
We are proud to announce that we have been nominated for a Nationwide Community & Heritage Award.
The letter we received says "The awards were established to recognise the efforts of people like you who make a real contribution within their local community."
We were unsuccessful, however it is still nice to be recognised for the hard work we have done so far.
The Bench Project
We are now looking at placing many benches along the promenade between the magnificent Palm Trees we placed there ealier on in the year. We have yet to finalise the design and type of seating, but will be doing this shortly and hopefully make swift progress.
Like the Palm Trees, we will be putting 60 of them up for sponsorship for businesses or individuals for £500 for 5 years.
Please contact us if you wish to join this project and improve the town.
You can sponsor any one of the benches for a lost loved one, a present loved one, or for businesses.
We would really appreciate your support on this new and exciting project which again will add to the beauty of our town.
The Round House Project We have done a preliminary plan for this and will be meeting with the relevant people in the forthcoming weeks. Hopefully we will be able to show everyone the plans after they have been agreed upon, and the work will commence this year sometime.
John from Emily's Ferries has offered to help in the design and the choice of the plants and shrubs etc, and we are most grateful for his kind offer and look forward to working with him on this project.
We have received a quote for the work we want doing but still need 2 more. If you know anyone who could help, or you can help us yourself, then please contact us soon.