Island Echo always welcome letters to the editor, which may of course not reflect the views of the publication and its staff.
Letter to the editor – 20th December 2023
“The town of Yarmouth needs regeneration as a result of the toxic mix of Government austerity, the cost of living crisis, and the closure of Yarmouth School.
“Sadly, I always expected I would have cause to say that, following the closure of the School, the local economy has declined.
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“Every business in the town signed a petition objecting to the closure of Yarmouth School. The Conservative ruling group ignored their concerns in their scrabble for government money for a school in Freshwater.
“The second- home owners come less often and now contribute to the problem. Empty houses support no local businesses.
“The Yarmouth Town Council bid for the old school site is a plan to regenerate the Town, with new community-owned housing for local people, a new hall for the Scouts and Guides, an education and exhibition centre and a centre for traditional boatbuilding with apprentices.
“The now derelict and deteriorating school site is a very obvious indication that the IWC needs to make a positive move to enable the community to move forward in helping itself towards regeneration”.
Steve Cowley Yarmouth
