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Golden blooms for Amersham
AMERSHAM residents, businesses and schoolchildren are celebrating after the town was announced as 'best town' winner in the region for Britain in Bloom.
The town scooped the trophy in the category for the Thames and Chiltern area, pipping towns such as Henley-on-Thames and Kidlington to the post.
Chestnut Lane School was also given a special award after schoolchildren gave up a day of their summer holidays to show the judges their efforts to recycle in July.
The school was presented with new award The Mark Mattock Cup, for being the best school entry from across Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
Representatives from Amersham Town Council including Councillor Ros Aitken, chairwoman of the council's working group for the competition, clerk Des Knowles and Chestnut Lane school teacher Hazel Tyler, attended a presentation in Newbury on Monday where the winners were announced.
Cllr Aitken said: "We are so excited about it and are on cloud nine. To achieve this is a fantastic result and it's all thanks to the hard work of Amersham Town Council and the people who took part. If it wasn't for the community's involvement it wouldn't have happened. Amersham has made this happen."
Cllr Aitken also revealed the town will host the awards presentation for the region next year in Amersham Community Centre.
She added: "Already I am thinking about the plans for 2010 when hopefully this project will get even more interest."
The town, which is in its third year of entry, was also named as having the best portfolio prepared in the competition.
Amersham achieved a score of 170 out of 200. In the Royal Horticultural Society's report, the judges paid tribute to the town being 'clean throughout', to the pupils and staff at Chestnut Lane School and to businesses in the town which had created colourful floral displays.
In 2007 Amersham won the silver award and went a step better the following year by earning a silver gilt award before being awarded the top prize this year.
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The usual 'taural excrement', from the usual sources.
Any chance of Amersham Town Council publishing its accounts [i.e. of our money] on line?
Neighbouring Chesham already does.
Key words: Rotary Rugby Masons Mayor Dog Food community Amersham Bloom Hand-out Barn Meadow tax payer Town Clerk gold plated cover-up Cosy
The Auditor is hovering. Or not.
He who pays the piper....
I'd be amazed if ATC accounts weren't already publicly available but that shouldn't detract from what a great achievement this is and the positive effect it could have on our town.
www.amersham-tc.gov.uk
No obvious sign of Amersham Town Council accounts here - just the year-round floral stuff, twin-town Bensheim Buddies, and the usual sycophants, including pay-rolled non-resident smarmer.
- Where did you obtain YOUR copy of ATC accounts, Mr Carmody?
- Invoice, services rendered? Our little secret?
Amersham Town Council clerk job is being advertised. £43k + private health.
Also an administrative assistant. Website as above: www.amersham-tc.gov.uk
Why is it that the empty vessels who cannot submit comments in their own name but hide behind anonymity make most noise and find it hard to accept even the best things without unfounded criticism. The Financial Regulations which Amersham Town Council are subject to are different to those for Chesham due entirely to the total expenditure being somewhat higher in Chesham. The Town Council are required to make the accounts publicly available which they are and always have been by calling in the office. The Auditors Annual Report is displayed on notice boards as required by law and if the moaners would actullay take a look at the Town Council web site the accounts are actually there for all to see. So how about a compliment for the achievements hard work which the working groundstaff and the Amersham in Bloom group have put in over the last year or two?
Town Clerk said:
Why is it that the empty vessels who cannot submit comments in their own name but hide behind anonymity......
One might ask you the same, "Town Clerk"???