Once the Edinburgh Woollen Mill, a Newport High Street shop is to be transformed into a community council hub.
Plans have been finalised that will see the former clothes shop become the home of Newport and Carisbrooke Community Council, with offices on the first floor.
So far the work has uncovered 1 slight hiccup – birds in the roof.
A few slipped slates meant small leaks in the loft, nesting birds and quite a mess. The roof has been initially repaired and the mess cleaned up with the project still on track to be completed by the start of April.
Downstairs there will be a heritage centre, meeting and exhibition space, with three shop-let/rentable units. They will provide opportunities for businesses to hold a small area on the High Street, for a small rent.
The shop fittings, fixtures and ceilings have been removed and electrical cables have been installed.
Scaffolding has been erected on the High Street, so the shop front and windows can be repainted.
The community council bought the empty building in September 2021 after looking for a building in the town centre. Since then it has been used as hub for small business on a handful of occasions
The authority is hoping it will make it more accessible for residents and help the post-COVID-19 recovery of Newport High Street, removing an empty building.
Basically just another charity shop then.
Interesting let’s hope it works. Anything is better than an empty derelict shop.
Wonder how many tens of thousands the council will leach to get the loft cleaned.
.oh let’s all have a day out in the county town – what shall we do ? Oh I know visit a community hub – very exciting – have a coffee – nothing else to do … don’t forget to park in the car parks so the council can make more money out of us. What a dump Newport is becoming. Before the trolls tell me to go back to the mainland if I don’t like it – I am an islander generations going back centuries.
Just what the high St needs ?????
Why not put in a post office
All the shops and businesses that are closing yet they find the money to refurbish this as a council hub!!!!