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Stand Up For Seaton (SU4S)

Community Action for Seaton's Regeneration Area, 80% owned by Tesco - a floodplain on a World Heritage site bordered by nature reserves, tidal river, the sea and the unspoilt town. SU4S is a state of mind - no members, no structure, no politics. SU4S has objected to 2 planning applications by Tesco, including one for a massive superstore/dot com distribution centre which led to the recent closure on the site of 400 tourist beds with the loss of 150 jobs,a gym and pool - all used by locals.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Thanks to everyone who supported SU4S at the two recent exhibitions

Just to say thank you to everyone who gave us their time and support at the two recent exhibitions by Tesco and Sainsburys. We counted in about 1,200 people at the Tesco exhibition and about 1,800 at the Sainsburys exhibition - a massive turnout when you think there are only around 7,000 people in the town. One of the exhibitors said that the most people they had ever had to an exhibition was around 1,000 - well, Seaton showed 'em!

Many, many people came to talk to us at Temptations restaurant when the Tesco exhibition took place and in the foyer of the Town Hall when the Sainsburys exhibition took place. It gave us the opportunity to hear from to SO many people, many, many of whom told us how much they supported the concept of "Standing Up for Seaton".

1 Comments:

At 10:37 am, Anonymous Anonymous said...

SU4S monitored both the Tesco and Sainsbury exhibitions, counting at both at handing out feedback forms to as many as we could. Sorry if you didn't get one, we'll see if we can get it on the blog for anyone who missed out.
we handed out 500 for the Tesco and 1000 for the Sainsbury exhibition, the difference in numbers explained by the difficulty in covering the venue at Eyre Court.
So far we've had 51 forms back from the Tesco and about 180 from The Sainsbury exhibition and will be sharing the results of these when we've analysed them with both supermarkets, Seaton Town Council, EDDC, the media and on the blog.
We'd like to thank everyone who has taken the time and made the effort to give their opinions on the feedback forms and to both supermarkets for showing us what they would offer Seaton. A most informative and interesting exercise.

 

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