Are you all ready?

Christmas Shop Window Displays.

Mr Graham How, Chairman of the Hastings & St Leonards on Sea Management Board will be judging the shop window Christmas displays on Thursday afternoon of the 17^th December.

• Some members are unable to receive emails. Could you please inform as many members as possible so everybody is ready.

Many thanks,

Victor Homewood   (Vice Chairman)

It’s going to the wire, with nobody totally sure of whether the post will be pipped: will the Kings Road, (and London Road) roadworks be done in time for the festival?

The voices of officialdom, a bit muted for some, seem to indicate that things will be just fine. And, in the spirit of cooperation, of thinking the glass half full, we are all hoping for the best.

Here is a photo of the Kings Road on Friday afternoon, 3/7/09, showing that all is well.

The relaxed business owner of The Organic Home working in the south of France Kings Road
Details of the festival are on the St Leonards Festival website, www.stleonardsfestival.co.uk. If you haven’t booked a stand please, please hurry as time is short.
It’s going to be a good one!

The St Leonards Festival, which is on 11th July 2009, needs your help.

Do you want a stall on the Kings Road on the day? Priority is been given to local businesses but time marches on so contact them now, (01424 438291). It is a good way to show off your business, and has a lasting effect. Did you know:

• A lot of B&Bs and smaller hotels are already fully booked for that weekend?
• All the hotels and restaurants have ordered extra supplies for that weekend?
• There is a knock on effect on trade all year around: putting the place on the map helps generate footfall, and with the new Kings Road scheme this is a great opportunity to show how St Leonards is improving.
• One trader sold 3 high value items several weeks after the 2008 festival to someone who had discovered her at the festival.

The organisers, (Gensing &Central St Leonrds Community Forum), who have done an amazing job as volunteers, need help with stewarding on the day. Stewards will work in 4 hour shifts, and all volunteers will be entered into a draw for a great meal out. Please contact GCSL at the number above, or email here.

There is also a Festival website, which went up today, 15/6, at www.stleonardsfestival.co.uk, which will have details of everything going on. If you have any info, or snippets to share about the festival please contact using the form here.

If anyone would like to make a small, (or large) donation towards the costs of the festival, please call Sylvia on the number above. They really could do with a bit.

The St Leonard’s Festival is only about a month away, and given the disruption of the Kings Road roadworks, it’s all hands on deck time.

The Gensing and St Leonards Community Forum has the details and is co-ordinating, and their website is here.

Stalls will be £25, and priority will be given to local businesses and residents. You can have whatever you want on your stall, (stop being silly at the back, nearly anything you want!), so it’s a good opportunity to maybe market test a new line, or a change in direction.

If you want an A3 .pdf of the Festival Poster you can down load it from here

The SBA Committee wil be talking about this at a meeting on Tuesday, and we will report back here.

If there is anything you would like raised in the meeting please leave details in the comments, below.

AND…please email us with any news you think should go on this site. That’s the very best way we can keep our ears to the ground, and the more info we get in the more we can put out. Thanks.