Positives
- Amount of Bins
- Conditions after pride
- City bikes
- Lighting in St James Street itself
- New restaurants and shops
Negatives
- State of pavements/ street
- Shop fronts
- Emptying street bins/ rubbish collection
- Not enough street cleaners
- Parking expenses
- Drug dealing in ‘green spaces’
- Use of the street as a toilet
- Lack of greenery in area
Suggestions for improvements
- More flowers/Greenery/ Hanging baskets
- Tree Guards for newly planted greenery
- Nicer Pavements
- Less empty/ damaged shops
- To get rid of street clutter/ More regular cleaning of streets
- Signs for dog fouling
- More recycling – Variations of plastics in particular
- Tighter enforcement on cleanliness
- Safe areas for drug taking
- Map of the area showing green spaces and places of interest
Requirements to make this change possible!
- Lower business rates in order for shop owners to have budget for maintenance
- Flatten off shop fronts at night so less groups can hang around causing damage/ and leaving rubbish
- Power clean all pavements at least twice a month (Jetwash)
- Community Waste bins / Recycling bins
- Christmas lights – Community initiatives
- Money
- Activities organised by community to clean up Graffiti etc
- Volunteers and other agencies providing aid (Cleaning etc.)
- Communication between community and business’ around the reasons for why individuals are homeless and the issues around this, plus safety
- Community events
- City Parks
- Local Councillors/ Local business owners
