November 2021 Newsletter

Big Buxton Conversation 2

BTT ise delighted to be co-hosting Big Buxton Conversation 2 with our friends Transition Buxton, Buxton Civic Association and Vision Buxton on Monday 8th Nov, 2:30-5:30pm in the Methodist Church on the Market Place.

the event is free to attend-  including yummy goodies from Pig & Pepper at breaktime!

 Please register to help us know how many pastries we might need and spread the word - we want to hear from everyone who lives, works, studies, runs a business or owns property in Buxton.

Our town, our future: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/180076542787

If you are joining us and would be willing to help with making the odd cup of tea or even making some notes on your table please could you let us know at townteam@buxtontownteam.org"

 
The wildflower meadow in Ashwood Park has now been cut and raked off, a key step in maintaining the meadow so that it flourishes again next year.
 
This year's growth needed to be cut and removed (after flowers have turned to seed) to minimise nutrients returning to the soil and encouraging grass to take over.
 
Meadow flowers prefer poorer soil. The raking also allows the seeds to enter the soil and germinate.

Slopes Team dates
 
The friendly team who can be seen helping look after the Slopes are always looking to welcome more volunteers to lend a hand
 
They meet on alternate Thursday and Saturday mornings at 10am at the Slopes car park at the Town Hall.
 
They will be meeting in November on Thursday 4^th, Saturday13^th, Thursday 18th and Saturday 27^th.
 
If you want to lend a hand contact slopes@buxtontownteam.org  or action@buxtontownteam.org for more details
 

Work continues with HPBC, DCC and Buxton schools to encourage walking and cycling to school as part of the government’s Modeshift STARS campaign – and our sustainable travel plan.

So, with Christmas in mind, we are asking children to count the tinsel stars that we will soon be putting up around town.
We are also working with High Peak Buses who are going to designate two town buses, and probably the Macclesfield bus, as ‘Buxton Christmas Shopping Buses’.
They are getting decals made of one of our stars to put them up in buses along with posters promoting Christmas in Buxton.
They are also going to put up Christmas in Buxton messages on the rolling screen at the front of the buses.
We are currently exploring new ideas around ‘last mile deliveries’ and also shortly meeting with Northern Rail to discuss bike trains.
This would enable people to travel down the line from Manchester, and beyond, with their bikes and then cycle into the National Park; having stopped for a bite to eat in Buxton before they set off!
If you are interested in working on the APTT project and the travel plan, please contact Tina at travel@buxtontownteam.org