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Nov 2021
Deep clean of Ripon alleyways to be first BID project
A deep clean of Ripon’s alleyways will get underway next week in one of the first projects to be launched by the city’s new Business Improvement District.
The BID, which levies firms to fund city centre improvements, is starting its first initiatives after receiving the backing of businesses in a vote held in summer when 80% supported setting up the body.
Elizabeth Faulkner has been appointed as interim manager and said a deep cleaning of city centre alleyways will begin on Monday before other plans, including networking events, are held in the New Year. She said:
Of the 87 businesses who voted during the summer, a total of 70 – or 80% – were in favour of creating a BID.
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It means more than 280 firms within a defined area are now contributing to an annual budget of £160,000 for projects to create a safer, cleaner and better promoted city centre.
A Harrogate BID was created in 2019 but plans for a body to promote Knaresborough were rejected in October after the proposals proved to be unpopular.
Ms Faulkner, who previously managed Altrincham BID, said:
The BID has also appointed Lilla Bathurst, who previously worked for Hull BID, as assistant manager, while 13 directors drawn from the business community have been made board members.
The first networking events for businesses will be held on January 17 and 24.
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