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Sept 2011
The Groby Parish Council working party on the proposed community facility and scouts building at Quarry Park has agreed that there is a need to produce a business plan which would involve existing and anticipated stakeholders and at some time in the future to establish a management forum consisting of all stakeholders.
Although the report of the working party does not spell out how comprehensive the plan should be or it's scope there are a number of features a plan would normally cover, so it might include such things as -
the aims and vision of the project
the backgound to the proposal
the timescales
consideration of the location options available
an assessment of the venues currently available in the village
the current shortfall in facilities in the village
as the project is for a community building the impact that a new facility might have on the viability of existing facilities might also be considered
who might be expected to rent the new centre
the projected turnover, and annual running costs
the impact on Council Tax bills
the development costs and funding sources
how the centre will be marketed
the management structure and how the day to day running may be organised
benchmarks and performance measures to monitor the success of the project.
The working party, which will hold a further meeting on September 26th at the Scout building, feels that concerns about traffic problems on the narrow access road to Quarry Park can be mitigated.
It is hoped that overall costs can be reduced by using as a model for a more modest new building the successful community facility constructed at North Muskham near Newark. North Muskham project team was very successful at accessing grant funding of over £450,000, with a further £55,000 coming from the parish council and £75,000 from local fundraising and donations. Fund raising is more difficult now but Groby Parish Council hopes to be able to use professional fundraising expertise from the North Muskham project to improve their chances of success.
Sept 2011