Volunteers’ Meeting February 2024

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There was be a public meeting for volunteers and anyone interested in the project, on Thursday 22nd February 7pm at the Art Bank, High Street, Shepton Mallet.

The main purpose was to discuss how the ideas received so far could be combined into a new vision for the building. Ideas have been taken from the questionnaire, completed in December 2023 and from discussions at the public meeting, held in January 2024.

There is a first draft of the new vision here and notes of the meeting here.

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