Like / Dislike Exercise at Parish Plan Open Meeting on 31st August 2010
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At the start of the Parish Plan Open Meeting on 31st August 2010 at Community Centre, attendees were asked to write on post-it notes their answers to the following questions - "What do you like about living in Hartwell?", "What do you dislike about living in Hartwell" and "What would you like to see improved in the future".
Here are the results - for each question there is also a tag cloud, this is a visual depiction of words used, the larger the word, the more it was used.
What do you like about living in Hartwell?
- Village location
- Countryside
- Forest
- Close to country parks
- Pocket park
- School
- Close network of friends
- Local to MK but out of town
- Village location
- Nice area
- Forest
- Nice neighbours
- Still a village
- Living near salcey forest
- Area
- Great school
- Being near to forest
- Countryside
- Pocket park
- Quiet and relaxed
- Community feel
- Near the forest
- Adjacent to forest
- Rural – countryside not far away
- Village life
- Small community convenient to MK and Northampton
- Rural setting
- Village life and school
- Allotment
- Local shop
- Good primary school
- Facilities available such as shop, post office and pub
- Good school
- Rural countryside
- Socially mixed community
- Reasonable amenities
- Friendly
- Shop in village and pub
- Fair range of activities and societies
- Community activities that you can participate in
- Good pub
- Good local facilities e.g salcey forest, school, pub, shop and post office
- Website
- Rural location
- Size of village
- Fairly quiet village
What do you dislike about living in Hartwell?
- Can be noisy
- Anti social behaviour from people
- Slow internet and lack of choice
- Low broadband speed
- Lack of community spirit
- Pub could be more involved in village
- Lack of facilities for the youth of the village
- Poor public transport
- Apathy
- Not enough attendees to events
- Motorway
- Bad broadband connection
- Traffic through village can be fast and noisy
- Lack of community engagement and involvement
- Can be lots of litter on the streets and playing fields
- Occasional vandalism
- Dog mess near cemetery and pocket park
- Speeding
- Speeding
- Speeding
- Lack of facilities for the youth
- Dormitory village
- Condition of road, paths and untidy gardens
- The village being used as a rat run
- Lack of influence over future
- The roads and paths are in a terrible state and no one seems to care
What would you like to see improved in the future?
- Good quality roads and pavements
- Nicer community centre – knock down and start again
- Faster broadband
- Better communication between community groups
- Nice community centre
- Broadband
- Roads and paths immediately
- Community involvement
- Road / footpath maintenance
- Community spirit
- The play facilities need to be improved
- Structured development (housing)
- Keep identity as village
- Lack of affordable bungalow availability for older people to downsize
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