So, the first part of the project to map out a plan for the future of North Elmham is over. The completed questionnaires have been collected and the on-line entries collated. The signs are that the response to the invitation to Have Your Say has been extremely high.
One of the first findings to emerge from the exercise, in fact, was to dispose of the notion that people don't care. The people of North Elmham demonstrated in large numbers that they did care and were prepared to spend time showing they did.
What the volunteers came back with was a groundswell of interest in what was afoot. Some reported back with completed questionnaires from every house on the list. One batch of completed questionnaires was returned from a group of householders who were outside the official village boundary but preferred to think of themselves as North Elmham. One doorstep visit led to the discovery of a small but fascinating military museum in a garden shed.
The scene is set now for the business of processing the views that have been expressed - a process that, it is worth repeating, provides no way of identifying a particular response with a specific street, let alone an individual address. The details of entries for the prize draw take an entirely separate route.
As to the draw itself, for that £200, the steering group will keep you posted. Watch this space...
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