Deep clean of Ripon’s alleyways takes place next week
Its part of the city’s new Business Improvement District (BID)
A deep clean of Ripon’s alleyways gets underway next week.
It's one of the first projects to be launched by the city’s new Business Improvement District (BID).
The BID - which levies firms to fund city centre improvements- was set up after receiving the backing of businesses during a vote held in the summer.
Elizabeth Faulkner has been appointed as interim manager and said a deep cleaning of city centre alleyways will begin on Monday before other plans including networking events are held in the New Year.
She said:
“We know these alleyways are key to the way visitors and residents use the city so we want to make them as attractive as possible.
“There has been lots of talk about what they could be used for, but first we will clean them up and then look at lighting.
“These are of course just a small part of Ripon and we have got a big destination to make an impact on so we will then start to move around the city for more deep cleaning.”
Of the 87 businesses who voted during the summer, a total of 70 – or 80 per cent – were in favour of the BID.
The vote outcome means more than 280 firms within a defined area are now contributing to an annual budget of £160,000 for projects to create a safer, cleaner and better promoted city centre.