It’s really heartening to return to a town centre we’d run our ‘audit, engage’ approach in among earlier adopters for #TheVacantShopsAcademy and to find it looks to be moving forward strongly on a number of fronts.
So back to the attractive, heritage town that is Monmouth and several noticeable changes, including…
- + A new group of independents in the pedestrianised ‘top of town’;
- + Neat examples of #streetart adding to the improved ‘look’ of that area;
- + Visible progress on a set of what looked to be more challenging vacants, with one or two of those now being marketed or in new ownership and potential therefore to be brought back into use;
- + A recently-opened banking hub;
- + A new grocers in a really handy ‘cut through’ spot;
- + New ownership and a major refurb pre-opening project for a landmark building at one of the town centre’s key entrance points.
Challenges too, including a slightly surprising mini-cluster of vacant units in the central section of the #highstreet to work on, but encouraging still.
Interested as ever to hear how your town or city centre has fared through the 2025 lettings season as it draws to a close…
