CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@neil
While there is an over-abundance of cafes there is an excellent pub-restaurant. Some derelict premises are being replaced with a new housing association development of 13 apartments (sympathetic design).
The mix seems to be appropriate, the main street is only 800m, or so. Not every business succeeds but vacant premises don’t lie idle too long.
All things considered, I am happy to have moved here 15 or so years ago.

@neil
‘Through these partnerships, town centres could be transformed into mixed-use spaces with new homes, health services, libraries, community hubs and green spaces.’
It seems as if the small town in which I live is ahead of the game. The formula adopted here has delivered/maintained all these things. The town’s development association has supported a community hub, an activity centre, renovating an historical space.

@lproven
Maybe you’ve hit on a thing there.
Pass ‘go’ if you can provide a customer bill from
a long demised ISP.
I reckon I could dig out a Demon Internet statement, pre-Scottish Telcom/Thus days.

@AkaSci
Can’t help but think mid-air collision might be the thing.

@lproven I don’t spend much time on Twitter these days but when I do the TL exhibits many of these empathic, apparent good news stories. I’ve assumed they’re inauthentic accounts, engagement farming. Same tenor to each: writer encounters someone ‘down on their luck’ who can’t afford the next step they need to take, the poster saves the day with a ‘whip round’ passing over the necessary cash.