All eight neighbourhood meetings have now taken place between representatives of the Council, County Councillors and parish councils.

As promised at the meeting, please find attached information on Lancashire Time Credit.

As promised in the last round of Neighbourhood Area Meetings, the road sweeping and weed spraying routes and schedules across the borough are now available for your information.

The Chorley routes 1-7 and parish sweeping routes are completed on a 8 weekly cycle with the large sweeper routes being undertaken every 3 weeks.

It takes around 10 weeks to complete the full cycle of routes when weed spraying. Members are asked to bear in mind however that this can be affected by mechanical down time and changeable weather conditions.

Organisers of a new two-day live music and entertainment event in Chorley are urging local performers who would be willing to take part to come forward.

Chorley Council is teaming up with the Creative Network to put on 160 live performances in 20 venues across the town centre and need local acts who want to create fantastic memories of live entertainment for people

The organisers are looking for a wide variety of musical acts including bands and solo artists covering all genres of music but there will also be other types of performances including comedians, poets, magicians and ventriloquists.

The event will see people able to gain entry into the venues using a wristband that will cost £5 enabling people to choose from over 100 live performances on a Friday and Saturday evening.

It will include a wide variety of venues including pubs, libraries, churches and restaurants and there will be something for everyone including families and young children.
The Chorley Live format will be the same concept as run in both Leyland and Penwortham by the Creative Network but on a slightly larger scale.

The event is scheduled for Friday and Saturday October 4 and 5 with live performances at 7pm, 8pm, 9pm and 10pm at each venue.

If you want to take part contact Chorley Council on 01257 515151 or email contact@chorley.gov.uk or contact the Creative Network direct on 07883 181978 or info@creatives-network.co.uk.

A brand new exhibition that showcases what life was like during wartime at both home and on the battlefield opened its doors on Saturday, 15 June.

The ‘Chorley Remembers Experience’ is a new attraction in the Coach House Gallery to commemorate local soldiers and allow visitors to experience what life was like for the Chorley Pals.

The exhibition, which is a joint venture between the Chorley Remembers Group and Chorley Council, will offer an interesting insight into life on the front line and will be a great new attraction for visitors to the area.

The main town centre entrance to Astley Park is now closed for up to two months to allow vital restoration work to the memorial arch.

The gated entrance, which leads into the popular park, is now blocked off by scaffolding so restoration work can take place as part of the Chorley Remembers project in the town.

The work is supported by Chorley Council, which owns and manages the park, and visitors can still access Astley Park through the entrances off Queen’s Road and the pedestrian gate on Park Road a short distance away from the main gates.

The work on the arch, which is being funded by the Heritage Lottery fund will run until August.

With the football season starting shortly and transfers being made. Chorley Council has managed to secure funding for some new goal posts.

Funding was given by the Football Foundation Youth Football Scheme for five new goal posts for nine-a-side football. The goals will be used at Astley Park, Gillibrands and King George V Playing Fields at Adlington.

Meanwhile, do you think you are Chorley’s answer to Andy Murray? Well you can prove that you are, at the pop up tennis sessions.

Running every Tuesday and Thursday until the end of August on Tatton Community Recreation ground and Harpers Lane Recreation ground there will be pop up tennis courts with free entry to all. Full details and times available at chorley.gov.uk.

With immediate effect Councillor Terry Brown's home telephone is no longer available and parish clerks are asked to delete the number from their Council diary.

Councillor Brown can be contacted on his mobile number 07849 275964.

Free copies of the latest ‘What’s Happening in Chorley’ magazine will be available to pick up by the end of next week.

The magazine will contain information on all upcoming events running each month in the Chorley area until October 2013.

The issue will include the brand new summer edition of the ‘Get Up and Go’ activities guide, which is designed to help young people make the most of the summer months by gaining new skills and getting involved in activities such as sport, arts, music, dance and drama.

It also features the council’s summer events programme featuring Animals in the Park, in Astley Park on Saturday 13 July and Hillcrest Animal Hospital’s Dog Show on Sunday 28 July, also in Astley Park.

Grab yourself a copy, available from public buildings and local shops across the borough from the beginning of July – it will also be available online at chorley.gov.uk.

An eyesore that has been a blot on Chorley’s town centre for the last decade will be transformed into a new set of shops to boost the southern end of Market Street under plans being put forward by Chorley Council.

The authority bought the former McDonald’s site and adjacent buildings to bring the site to life and is now advertising for businesses interested in taking one of the four new units that are set to be created.

The plan would see the end unit, adjacent to Gillibrand Street, demolished and the other buildings refurbished and split into the new units.

Adlington Town Council are currently advertising a vacancy for a Town Councillor - if you'd like to apply for co-option to the Council, please click here for details. Applications must be submitted on or before Friday 12 July 2013

Form more information contact Linda Crouch, Parish Clerk on clerk@adlingtontowncouncil.co.uk or tel 07896 729646.

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