The issue of marketing the High Street shopping experience - and re-launched Farmers Market - was raised at a meetings of the High Street Traders group in mid-2006.

Let us know what your ideas are for how High Street Brentford could be better promoted.  Does the Christmas/ New Year season offer any special opportunities?  Does Brentford's history?  Or the fact that the High Street is a stones throw from the locations of several hit films?

A range of ideas were developed by the Marketing and Image sub-group of the High Street Community Visioning Project.   Ideas were discussed in depth on 4 March 2007 at a workshop at Watermans Arts Centre. 

In early Sept 2007 we launched www.BrentfordHighStreet.com which will soon be supported by a companion print guide in 2009.

We are now working to ensure that there is Improved signage for parking and branding of the town centre.  We are also advocating the need for Hounslow Council to fund a town centre manager - perhaps initially supporting several town centres in the borough.

For the past two years we have successfully fundraised for Christmas Lights on Brentford High Street. See illustration below.  If you can contribute in 2009/10, please email Julia Quilliam

Please e-mail suggestions or queries to:

Julia Quilliam julia@quilliam.co.uk

Andrew Dakers andrew.dakers@hounslow.gov.uk