The Kintyre Forum

Now that spring is coming ( hopefully ) it is time for the Farmers Market to move back to Burnside Square which is its natural home. To make it more effective it could be turned into a 'Town Market' with traders having stalls . This would bring more people into the town and benefit the traders as well. At the moment where the market is cars drive up make their purchases and drive away again not going near the shops.
Burnside Square was never funded for or designed as a car park and should be used for the benefit of the whole community not just a few car owners. The pipe and brass bands could give concerts there. Other local entertainers could give outside performances. Food and drink stalls could be there. So many uses and at the moment so much space wasted.

Absolutely! The idea of a Town Market is great! Would bring focus to the town and Burnside Square is the ideal place for it.

Come on Campbeltown!

New initiative for ExploreCampbeltown perhaps ?

Brilliant idea

The town centre needs many more events like this now especially with half the of the towns retail outlets lying closed ....

Something has to be done urgently to inject some life into the town....

Fortnightly would certainly help IMO....

maxmix

This is what we could have. Bringing people to the town. From 2008. Just think what could have been built on this in 5 years.

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Bonnie Lass wrote:New initiative for ExploreCampbeltown perhaps ?

I've been and received an invite to an Explore Kintyre event tomorrow. Is this the same?

mrn wrote:

Bonnie Lass wrote:New initiative for ExploreCampbeltown perhaps ?

I've been and received an invite to an Explore Kintyre event tomorrow. Is this the same?

No idea but if you go it is worth bringing up. I would like to have gone but I am away for a few days

Kintyre Forum News wrote:Just think what could have been built on this in 5 years.

I know what you mean ! It's actually quite ironic, half of the retailers / shopkeepers that did not want to see this happen in the square, are now gone from the town centre, closed down or boarded up !

Strange world we live in ! Best of luck with it

maxmix

Stebyr wrote:

mrn wrote:

Bonnie Lass wrote:New initiative for ExploreCampbeltown perhaps ?

I've been and received an invite to an Explore Kintyre event tomorrow. Is this the same?

No idea but if you go it is worth bringing up. I would like to have gone but I am away for a few days

Didn't make it but speaking to friends today it seems the Explore Kintyre is driven by the north of Kintyre and Tarbert etc and there is another group trying to push Campbeltown more. Not sure why the north of Kintyre lay claim to Kintyre as most of the time they prefer to be under Mid Argyll. Surely the whole selling point of Kintyre is the south? Sorry going off topic here!

I forgive you for going off post ( but some wouldn't)
Having a monthly market in the town centre would help to sell Campbeltown as it needs all the help it can get especially in the current economic climate.

maxmix wrote:

Kintyre Forum News wrote:Just think what could have been built on this in 5 years.

I know what you mean ! It's actually quite ironic, half of the retailers / shopkeepers that did not want to see this happen in the square, are now gone from the town centre, closed down or boarded up !

Strange world we live in ! Best of luck with it

maxmix

One reason I brought it up again was some shoppers who came in by bus and said when it was in Burnside Square they could go to the market and the shops but now it is only the market they have time for.The other reason was so many shoppers arrive by car do their shopping and drive home. I have spoken to a lot of them and they say if it was in Burnside Square they would be more inclined to visit the shops as well. The shops will benefit and the town will benefit I just hope people see sense as I would hate to see more shops closing.

My business is currently online based, if there was a market in Campbeltown I would be very interested in having a stall.
I attended the Explore Kintyre launch on Monday and thought it was very much focused on Campbeltown although they do seem determined to cover the whole of Kintyre.

Having the market in the centre of Town would encourage more people to venture to the town centre for shopping rather than just going to the Supermarket. It was a great thing for the town and I really hope it can be reinstated in the town centre as it provides a focal point for promoting local produce.

Delphinus_Dreams wrote:I attended the Explore Kintyre launch on Monday and thought it was very much focused on Campbeltown although they do seem determined to cover the whole of Kintyre.

My friends who attended thought otherwise and believed whilst the original intention was to focus more on Campbeltown and the south of Kintyre the focus has moved to the north of Kintyre. The website certainly appears to be very much focused on Tarbert with few images from Campbeltown.

A Farmers Market in Burnside Square including crafts etc would be great for Campbeltown AND the whole of Kintyre. The majority of tourists visiting Campbeltown travel here from other parts of Kintyre, north and south, so what!

Kintyre stretches from beyond Tarbert in the north and beyond Campbeltown in the south!

Why do some people have to be so negative every time new initiatives are developed for the good of the whole area? The Farmers Market would be great for Kintyre, stall holders and visitors alike and could be promoted by both of the new marketing groups. Stop fighting each other and support one another.