A council has its eyes on “a disused retail building” within which it hopes to host a Christmas market this year.
At a Thursday meeting of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council, independent councillor Jo Rust reminded Conservative cabinet member for culture Graham Middleton of proposals she’d made to revitalise the town’s high street in time for Christmas.
Ms Rust asked Mr Middleton: “Can you tell us all where you’ve got with ensuring that at Christmas we’re able to offer a successful Christmas market, and use it as a precursor to pop-up shops?”
“We have opened up conversations with our partners through [the] BID [business improvement district] and the Vancouver quarter [shopping precinct],” said Mr Middleton.
“There is the potential of a disused retail building, currently coming into use by that time,” he said, adding that he was awaiting an update from the BID manager.
On pop-up shops, Mr Middleton said: “There’s a chunk within the Towns Fund proposals for re-prioritising empty shop space, and there’s been a range of different things looked at along those lines.”
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