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MARKET HALL The first two new retail units are now in use.
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Crunch time for Futurist at pivotal council meeting Words and photos by Dave Barry
But she said she was optimistic that it wouldn’t happen because THE growing the fierce campaign to o p p o s i t ion save the Futurist c a m p a i g n Theatre will be was “building vindicated or momentum”. vanquished at a “By and large, pivotal council knowing the meeting next strength of month. the opposition Campaigners and which are increasingly councillors are hopeful that their The 200 people who attended the Futurist meeting at the YMCA secretly on our efforts will be side, we are very optimistic. But the fact is there are rewarded when the full council meets on 9 January. The 50 members will decide whether or not to ratify an some powerful councillors who think they have the ‘in-principle’ decision made by eight of them two years right to make the decision on their own, and they don’t,” she said. ago, to bulldoze the Scarborough theatre. Cllr Jefferson says the stability of the land is a key The decision has been deferred three times. In the meantime, a broad-based campaign to preserve factor. “The people in about 100 properties around the the theatre, which is one of the largest in the country, Futurist are frightened about what will happen as they all hold each other up on a tiered landscape. There are has gathered more steam. A recent public meeting at the YMCA Theatre was voids below Bland’s Cliff”, she said. attended by about 200 people, including 11 councillors Cllr Jefferson says “excellent presentations” on and several former councillors, some of whom want to funding schemes and other aspects were made by various parties at the meeting. “I can confirm that all retain the building. It was chaired by Cllr Janet Jefferson, Diana Tasker ‘in-principle’ plans taken by the council cabinet in and Patricia David, who have been at the forefront of September 2014 have to be ratified by the full council, when full reports will be presented”. the campaign. Mrs David claimed high-ranking councillors had She said the council vote “could be a close thing, like already made up their minds to demolish the building. with the waterpark.
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