The project was launched yesterday and will attempt to raise £8000 by 4pm on 20th July.

You can pledge on-line here http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/mill-road-festive-lights/?

The Project explains:

For a number of years, festive lights have been paid for by local businesses and Council grants. There is no Council funding available and we – local residents – would like to show our support for Mill Road’s small indie businesses by helping them with this cost. 

Why do we bother?

• Festive lights improve the appearance of our street throughout the winter season
• When the street looks good, people are more respectful of it
• Festive lights show that we are a prosperous and thriving part of the city
• The attention that the lights attract showcases the wonderful variety of shops and services that we have here
• Festive lights provide a common point of celebration for a wide variety of community members
• Through raising the money together, we believe Mill Road’s community cohesion is flourishing, as is community pride, loyalty and cooperation.

It costs about £3500 to put up the snowflake lights each year. This is because it requires a specialist contractor to come in with a cherry picker to install them. In addition, we’d like to raise enough money to light another tree in Romsey (by Great Eastern Street), which will cost something like £2000-£2500. Our initial target of £8,000 covers the snowflakes, a new tree, £1000 for maintenance costs and a little bit of extra to allow us to give some nice rewards to people who make donations. 

Visit the festive lights website at www.millroadfestivelights.org for more information.

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