DO you think Huddersfield needs to be improved?
Then a talk about improving Huddersfield at street level is the theme at the next meeting of the Huddersfield Civic Society.
Following on from Monday’s story in the Examiner in which residents say there was ‘too little civic pride’ the Civic Society wants to get more people involved in their work. Currently, just 0.1% of the town’s population are members.
They hope more people will go along to a public meeting in a bid to encourage improvements.
William Kirby, press officer for the Society, said: “The Civic Society has long been concerned about the state of Huddersfield town centre and is constantly urging the council to improve matters.
“What we need is an army of concerned citizens who are willing to monitor Huddersfield’s streets, report accumulations of litter and graffiti to the council as soon as they arise, and nag Kirklees if they are not dealt with.
“However, [Examiner reader] Paul Fletcher is right; if people take no pride in Huddersfield and persist in dropping litter, spraying graffiti, dumping bulky refuse, in the streets, they cannot blame the council if the town is in a mess.
“Everyone in Huddersfield – residents, visitors, shoppers, workers – must play their part in making and keeping Huddersfield a town that we can really be proud of.”
A public meeting about improving the town at street level will include speakers David Wyles from Kirklees’s Regeneration Department and Kathy Burger, the Town Centre Manager.
It takes place on Monday, September 20, in Room F035 in the former infirmary building on New North Road at 8pm.
In the meantime, they are calling for residents to report all street-related problems to the council on 0800 7318765.
