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MAKING WINCHESTER CLEANER AND MORE ATTRACTIVE:

The BID will manage, deliver and support projects which enhance the urban environment.
 

FREE SALT GRIT BINS FOR BID MEMBERS

The Business Improvement District has deployed 12 salt bins around the city centre.

The bins are locked to deter vandalism but the keys can be obtained from the following premises:

Upper High Street (Studio 4 Architects)
Staple Gardens (A2B Dominion)
Staple House (MBA)
Romsey Road (Alan Saunders Associates)
Southgate Street (B.E. Chaplin)
Southgate Street (Winchester Financial)
Jewry Street (City Church)
City Road (1-1 Recruitment)
Parchment Street/ Stonemasons Court (Guy Kremer)
Upper Brook Street (The Porthouse)
Bridge Street/Chesil (Redwood Health Therapies).

An extra bin may be placed in St Maurice’s Covert.

Catherine Turness, Projects manager, comments "We are ultimately trying to put this measure in place so businesses can function whatever the weather, but having said this, we are obviously hoping that Winchester won't suffer a snowy winter."
 

CHEWING GUM REMOVAL

Attractive streets are important for those working and visiting the city as customers, clients and tourists. The BID will continue to manage extra regular cleaning for streets within the BID area, removing chewing gum, removing waste and keeping areas clean, neat and tidy
 

GRAFFITI AND FLY POSTING

Winchester City Council has powers to enforce graffiti removal and can make on the spot fines for offenders. Under the BID, management of graffiti removal has become more effective for members. The BID has targeted resources such as graffiti removal kits that directly and in a timely manner reduce the spread of graffiti throughout the city centre.
 

FLORAL DISPLAYS

The BID will continue to provide an extensive floral display programme to enhance the appeal of Winchester during the spring and summer months. We will work in partnership with Winchester City Council and the Winchester in Bloom Group to find a long term sustainable future for the provision of floral decorations within the City each year. The BID will seek to expand the existing schedule of decorations including commercial sponsorship to further enhance the programme.
 

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

Dressing the city at times like Christmas is important. City dressing lends to the atmosphere and will make Winchester feel interesting and different. The current scheme for Christmas Lights has been funded by the BID investing up to £240,000 in lights, infrastructure and installation between 2008 - 2010. The BID will continue to extended the current scheme and will cover installation and maintenance costs each year.
 

PRIDE OF PLACE

BID has teamed up with Winchester Nightshelter and Community Clean to provide a service where residents from the Nightshelter work alongside contractors to remove large scale graffiti, deep clean and cleanse the street, tidy up general spaces in the city and weed areas of over growth.
 

24 RAPID RESPONSE - coming soon

BID has a rapid response service that will deal with graffiti, certain acts of vandalism and areas of untidiness. By working with Community Clean the BID can provide a service where someone will attend to the area, aiming to be there within 24 hours after it has been reported to the BID team.
 

KEEP BRITAIN TIDY

Since the start of the BID in 2008 Keep Britain Tidy have been carrying out local environment quality surveys that access the City against other Towns and cities locally and nationally. The latest report showed that Winchester is well placed against other Cities nationally and locally, scored highly for lack of graffiti and flyposting.
 

VACANT PROPERTIES

The BID plans to dress the windows of vacant businesses that might otherwise be an eyesore. This can be done by producing a large scale version of the BID retail map, or working in partnership with local schools, colleges or Universities to display artwork or designs.
 

CLEANER PARTNERSHIP WORKING

The BID works in partnership with a number of bodies, such as Community Clean and Winchester City Council. New projects are emerging with Hampshire County Council and Keep Britain Tidy to produce a campaign called ‘Love Where You Live’. BID will actively support this campaign.