CumbrianLocal • 13
it’s time to get on board By Lee Quinn
game introduced a few years ago which featured many landmarks. So why Penrith and the Eden Valley? Unlike the regional boards produced by Winning moves like Newcastle, Sheffield, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Norwich, the list is quite long, six years ago I persuaded Winning Moves to produce a national board for a town. It had never been done before and I don’t think they’ll do it again, but what they have agreed is for me to create a unique, one off board for a region. I searched and researched, but I’ve never seen this done; a board with the famous landmarks, towns and village parishes of the Eden Valley. These boards don’t get created, printed and given away and there are strict guidelines in limiting the profit made from such a project. After what has been almost two years of emails, phone calls and proposals, a contract has been agreed for Eden FM Community Radio, a not for profit limited company to create, coordinate and sell the first and only Penrith and the Eden Valley Monopoly Board game. Local Businesses will be asked to sponsor the famous coloured property squares and all the other squares. The Community Chest and Chance Cards will be written to include Eden life and activities, bringing this whole Monopoly a community feel. There will be competitions and opportunities for local people, local businesses and local organisations to appear on the board or on the cards. The date for launch is Spring 2014, a celebration of
80 years on from the first Monopoly being created. Subject to pre-orders, businesses and organisations coming forward to appear on the board, which will help finance this project, the minimum print will be 2000 and the maximum print will be 5,000. There will be opportunities to book on line, buy vouchers at Christmas and competitions to win boards. In the October edition of your Cumbrian Local, we will be taking the lid off this project with a full update as we ‘pass go’, travel down some famous streets of Penrith taking full advantage of the ‘free parking’, before we continue on through the Eden Valley villages, towns and view its historic landmarks. If you are a business and are interested in being on this board and you would like to see your name in print forever, please drop us a line at admin@edenfm.co.uk You will all soon have the opportunity to build as many houses and hotels as you like without planning permission and get to hold a large fist full of cash, even if this might be just for a short time. If you are thinking outside of the box and have any ideas about what you would like to see on the board, please write to us at the admin address above or post on our Facebook page, which is of course ‘Penrith and Eden Valley Monopoly’.
Don’t worry if you are away, there will be an Eden Local waiting for you when you return
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