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Jul 10th
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And the winner is ...

It's official! One of our staff is the best in town! At the prestigious Stroud Life Awards Evening held recently at the stadium of Forest Green Rovers, one of our GreenSpaces team was nominated as Stroudie Of the Year.
Robert Lloyd has been with us for 17 years and is a familiar face as he helps to keep the town's public spaces clean and tidy. Robert faced tough competiton from eight high-profile Stroudies but won 45% of the public vote and walked off with the award in front of more than 200 people. Congratulations Rob!

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Stratford Park to host two festivals.

nature_fest.jpegSaturday 18th July brings two festivals to the town's historic Stratford Park. The second Stroud Festival of Nature will run alongside the annual Stroud Country Show offering a day of packed entertainment for all the family. Events run from 10.30am-5pm.

 

 
Stroud's Voice
Over £2,900 of grants handed out

make_a_meal.jpgThree community groups and two festivals were among the seven local organisations to share more than £2,900 following the latest meeting of our Grants Committee.

The annual Stroud Country Show will receive £500 towards the cost of hurdle fencing for livestock at the event on Saturday July 18th. The grant will also pay for rosettes for the winners.

Stroud's People
German students get star treatment

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Local businesses and civic leaders ensured that a group of students from the former East Germany were flooded with Stroud hospitality after selecting to visit the town as part of their studies into water.  

 
Stroud's Places
Happy 10th birthday to Stroud Farmers Market

farmers_mkt_cake_web.jpgHundreds of shoppers sang Happy Birthday as Stroud's popular Farmers' Market celebrated its 10th anniversary on saturday (July 4th).

Three huge chocolate cakes were made by Hobbs House Bakery especially for the event. They were donated by the Town Council as a way of congratulating everyone involved in developing the project over the past decade.

STC Newsletters
June newsletter now online

a_2009_june.jpgOur third newsletter of 2009 is now available for download with articles on the best shop front in town, plans for our Festival Fortnight in September, the opening of the new play area at Uplands, our new Mayor-on-a-Bench, and our saving of another greenspace at the Top of Town.