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Member meeting: Chorlton and District Co-ops regular members meeting
Saturday 23 November 10.30 - 11.30 Co-op Rooms above Hardy Lane Co-op store.
Stayin Alive!
Urgent action to save the former Gaumont Cinema
- Please sign our petition to the Co-op
- Please pledge before 8 November for the Stayin Alive community-led bid
The Co-op is planning to sell its Funeralcare building - the former Gaumont cinema - to a developer who will knock it down and build expensive apartments. This is an inappropriate development for the centre of Chorlton and will mean losing a part of our heritage - the place where the Bee Gees first performed.
Community-led bid
We're supporting the Stayin Alive community-led bid by the Chorlton Community Land Trust to buy the building and turn it into a fabulous shared space for the community.
The plan will create an open market for local traders and 'pop-up' eating space. It will create much-needed new premises for the Chorlton Family Practice. And the whole site will be a tribute to the Bee Gees.
Sign our petition before 8 November!
We want the Co-op to help the Stayin Alive community bid by doing three simple things:
- Give us more time - the Co-op property department have only given until 8 November to come up with an offer
- Reject the current speculative bid - which is inappropriate for central Chorlton
- Accept a fair price - which is what the community will offer
Please sign our petition now!
Pledge before 8 November!
The Stayin Alive campaign has launched an initial call for pledges running until 8 November.
The aim is to discover and demonstrate how much support there is. No money will be taken. Instead, supporters are asked to say how much they would be prepared to invest or give to the campaign.
Please pledge now!
Stayin Alive Campaign Video from Simon Borkin on Vimeo.
Stayin Alive campaign launched at public meeting
Over 60 people turned out on a wet evening at Oswald Road primary school on Thursday (26th September) to hear about exciting plans to save the former Gaumont cinema and develop the surrounding site:
- Arts and cultural attraction
- Pop-up food hall and craft space
- Much-needed space for NHS
- Affordable housing
Chris Peacock and Simon Hooton explained the plans and how the Chorlton Community Land Trust will lead a fundraising effort with a target of £250,000. The Co-op has given the Community Land Trust a window to put together a bid.
Councillor Eve Holt set the campaign in context and passed on a message of support from Jeff Smith MP.
Hazel and Justine Gibb told the meeting how the Gibb family, including surviving Bee Gee, Barry Gibb, are all supporting the campaign.
