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What’s next at Frome Town Council

August 13, 2024
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What’s next at  Frome Town Council

Early this summer, Frome Town Council spent time having conversations about what matters to people who live here. 

The team ‘popped up’ in neighbourhood locations all over town, visited groups and organisations, interviewed people and put out a survey you may have answered.  They heard the views of over 973 people. They also looked at lots of data to give a fuller snapshot of our town. This information will help shape plans for what is to come for the town in the future through their own work and partnerships with groups and residents. 

You can download the dashboards and the data report at www.frometowncouncil.gov.uk/whats-next-at-ftc, or alternatively view the dashboards on the noticeboard outside Skull and Dagger Tattoo parlour on Stony St. 

 

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