Someone pointed out that this topic needs clarification.
The statement that the Tourist Information Centre is closingin March is accurate.
However this closure would not result in their being any TIC in Ulverston. The field is wide open and anyone can put in a bid to run a centre.
If you are a private business you stand to gain by attracting tourists to your establishment.
The question for me is would we be happy having anyone doing this and doing it anywhere?
The people I speak to are very pleased with the set up at present and want to preserve it. They see it as ideally located and run by capable people.
Grange has managed to preserve its previous set up of operating out of its Town Hall on the high street. However only one of the original people behind the counter remain and then only three days a week.
The questions that concerns me are :
Would we be happy with anyone running this facility?
Is not its location important when we are in fact selling the Town to others?
Isn't the friendliness and competence of the people doing the job extremely important?
How would we feel that the choice was made entirely on a financial basis?
How would people feel for instance if it was run out of a house, shop with an axe to grind - religious, ethical (gambling) ?
Surely a service like this needs to stay under our direct control ?
At the moment:
Who will be making the decision about our TICs future?
Faceless people in Kendal.
What do they know about what we want?
Is there an alternative to the Town Council being our overseer?
The many people signing our petition certainly believe they want the existing TIC kept where it is and run on similar lines and they are ready to pay for it.
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