Friends of Ashby Pond
04 August 2011 by Paul Rhoades
A new group has been formed called "Friends of Ashby Pond" on facebook with the objective of creating a single point of focus to allow local residents in Scunthorpe to share their opinions and discuss the future of the now disused concrete pond.
The group has been set up at the request of Visit Scunthorpe readers who have emailed in wanting to be able to discuss the possibility of forming a board of trustees, or residents group to look after the pond.
It has been suggested that some of the £120,000 Charter Trustees fund may be put towards the repair and upkeep of this council owned lake.
The Charter Trustees receive their funding from an additional tariff on the council tax paid by residents of Scunthorpe to fund projects and events of interest to the town.
The Charter Trustees are currently looking for ideas to celebrate 75 years of Scunthorpe, a party has been suggested, but several anglers, residents and walkers who use the pond on a regular basis have suggested that the Trustees give consideration to repairing the pond for future use and using this as a "celebration" of the forming of the town.
I've put together the face book group as its the kind of thing which lends its self more to social media rather than a web site, I've also linked into the group all the articles about Concrete Pond on Visit Scunthorpe so there's a fairly recent history. I've lots of photos to add, and hope others do now showing the pond both now and in the past.
In the mean time, get inviting people to join the group and then we'll see if we can get some kind of structured discussion going on on the group. If there's enough positive interest then we'll make some proposals to the council, charter trustees etc. Similarly if any one is aware of any other groups in the area that would either be better placed to move this forward then please, give us details, get them in contact via the facebook page.
If nothing else then this attention will focus the council into either making the area safe (ie filling it in) or repairing it sooner rather than later.
Go join the group, and please... invite your friends...
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