| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle | |
| Posted by: | Simon Hayes | |
| Date/Time: | 02/09/26 14:47:00 |
| The issue with CICs is the opaqueness of their management structure and operations. Despite running public facilities there is very little in the way of scrutiny in how they go about things. This was something a friend of mine, along with other people, raised when the Gunnersbury model was first mooted years ago. Pretty much everything they said would happen has happened, with more to come. While it’s fine to increase incomes for the park it has been at the expense of certain sectors who traditionally used it. For example , the bowls club was closed down in favour of a pricey mini golf facility. The underlying hope is that people simply forget about what went before. Like a lot of parks the councils allowed Gunnersbury to decline rapidly. It was very well used at weekends for football matches but the facilities were Third World, if not worse. So much so that clubs simply voted with their feet and found venues elsewhere. Another income stream dried up. Managed decline is a favourite tactic of local authorities, who usually have an ulterior motive involving repurposing facilities. It’s happened in Brentford where Hounslow allowed the Watermans centre to deteriorate and just ignored what was obvious to many, that investing and promoting the centre would improve patronage and create a buzz. Now there’s nothing there at all. But then if you let idiots run things you get idiotic decisions. |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle | 14/05/26 12:36:00 | Mark Evans |
| Re:Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle | 27/08/26 11:09:00 | Colin Goodman |
| Re:Re:Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle | 27/08/26 12:19:00 | Rosco White |
| Re:Re:Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle | 27/08/26 13:50:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Re:Re:Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle | 27/08/26 14:33:00 | Mark Evans |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle | 27/08/26 17:11:00 | Rosco White |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle | 01/09/26 11:25:00 | Colin Goodman |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle | 01/09/26 11:33:00 | Mark Evans |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle | 01/09/26 15:42:00 | Rosco White |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle | 02/09/26 12:52:00 | Colin Goodman |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Gunnersbury Park Festival Debacle | 02/09/26 14:47:00 | Simon Hayes |
| Reply | 03/09/26 09:49:00 | Gordon Southwell |
| Re:Reply | 03/09/26 11:03:00 | Simon Hayes |
| Re:Re:Reply | 03/09/26 15:47:00 | Rosco White |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 03/09/26 19:22:00 | Colin Goodman |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 04/09/26 08:37:00 | Colin Goodman |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 04/09/26 10:48:00 | Maria Isabel Cunha |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 04/09/26 11:04:00 | Rosco White |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 08/10/26 10:23:00 | Mark Evans |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 08/10/26 15:51:00 | Colin Goodman |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 08/10/26 16:09:00 | Simon Hayes |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 14/10/26 10:46:00 | Mark Evans |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 14/10/26 11:10:00 | Paul James |
| Reply | 15/10/26 18:22:00 | Gordon Southwell |
| Reply | 19/10/26 11:25:00 | Gordon Southwell |
| Reply | 19/10/26 17:09:00 | Andy Jones |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 10/10/26 11:31:00 | Rosco White |