Council bosses and Crewe & Nantwich MP have welcomed more than £14 million funding for Crewe from the Government’s Future High Streets Fund.
The £14.1 million will go towards nine projects including £3.1 million to transform the historic Christ Church into a new digital technology work space to encourage new digital entrepreneurs into the town.
Town councillors in Nantwich have launched a new campaign called “Dabbers Don’t Drop” to highlight growing problems of litter, dog fouling and fly-tipping.
Officials say there has been an “unacceptable” increase in littering around the town centre, parks, and along the town’s canal and river.
A charity that offers health and wellbeing support in Nantwich and the wider areas has received a funding boost.
The Wishing Well has been gifted £1,891 from housebuilder Redrow to support online education services.
More than 15,000 trees have been planted across Cheshire East in the latest planting season, says the authority.
The council has launched a planting scheme as part of its aim to become carbon neutral in its operations by 2025, and schools like Wrenbury Primary School are helping out.
Councillors in Crewe have welcomed the launch of a pilot scheme to help make the town’s streets and alleyways cleaner and tidier.
The initiative, jointly managed by Cheshire East Council and Crewe Town Council, targets the perpetrators of antisocial activities such as fly-tipping and contamination of bins.
The new Aldi supermarket in Nantwich is to reopen on June 10, it was confirmed today.
The old store, on Station Road, was closed on September 16 and then demolished to make way for a new-build.
Crewe Market Hall will reopen today (May 19) following a £3m refurbishment with a line-up of traders ready to welcome customers through the doors.
The historic building has been transformed as part of Cheshire East Council’s town centre regeneration programme.
By Jonathan White
Two South Cheshire business friends have teamed up to open a second Covid vaccination centre.
Roger Morris, who runs Crewe Honda Centre motorcycle dealership, and pharmacy owner Raj Patel are opening the second centre at the Masonic Hall in Willaston.
By Jonathan White
Campaign groups in Nantwich teamed up to take part in the national “Million Mile Clean” on the town’s Brookfield Park.
Friends of Brookfield Park worked with Sustainable Nantwich and Plastic Free Nantwich to hold their first formal event yesterday (May 16).
A Nantwich Scout group has returned to action after a year out from Covid – with weekly “outdoor” meetings!
And thanks to a donation, the 38th Cheshire Scouts group is able to stage them safely after buying face coverings, sanitiser and outdoor equipment.
Police in Nantwich say they are stepping up their presence on an estate in Stapeley amid reports of problems with drug dealing and use.
Some residents on the Pear Tree Field/Cronkinson development say dealing has been going on for weeks “openly” with young men in cars and on bikes.
Cheshire East Council has submitted proposed changes to its development and planning policies to be examined by an independent planning inspector.
The proposed changes follow four rounds of consultation with residents and local councils, in which they received more than 4,000 comments.
Brookfield Park in Nantwich will become a beach on Sunday (May 16) with residents coming together to clean up the town and plant a brighter future.
And they plan to stage a flower-laying ceremony in remembrance of young trees that lost their lives in the park, destroyed recently by vandal attacks.
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