Which makes it all the more strange that the EDDC Economic Development Officer – who had formerly spent so much time administering the meetings of the East Devon Business Forum – was allowed to leave … still, that’s at least one salary that can be put to good use. Though, of course, we cannot have another Economic Development Manager for the next two years if he was made redundant.
What an odd situation. Just at the time when you need someone doing Economic Development, the post disappears.
And it seems as if they really do need all hands on deck if the following reader’s letter on the Express and Echo website is to be believed:
CRANBROOK should conjure up the urban dream nestled in the countryside; certainly the offices of the builders, with their impressive flower displays, manicured grass, trees, and shrubs, lure prospective buys on into a place where there is no infrastruture, no green spaces, and cramped housing conditions.
The reality of the place is like most things of today, all show and no heart. It is a place for the young and inexperienced, with lots of children and dogs for company. Most of them don’t live there, they go to work early and return late, lucky them. As more building continues, I think we can call it Cramped Cranbrook.
Name and address withheld
http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Reader-8217-s-Letter-Cranbrook-urban-dream/story-24101052-detail/story.html
East Devon Watch 