Your views
We’ve asked the village what type of shop they’d like and where. Scroll down to see a summary of the five consultations we’ve held so far…..
Options: where could we open a shop
Around 30 people came to an options appraisal meeting , facilitated by Peter Willis of Seven Wye.
Here is an overview of what five groups of attendees told us.
We worked in five groups.
Each group considered a number of options and scored each element. This helped us calculate an average score.
Note that not all groups scored each option.
The most popular option was for a physical shop, somewhere in Grosmont.
Village questionnaire
In October, we distributed a questionnaire to homes in Grosmont and the surrounding area. We received 94 back (and counting!)
Here is a summary of what you said.
We asked you what you’d like to see in the new village shop. Here’s what you said.
The larger the word – the more people said it.
We asked for more information about what you’d like to buy in our next shop.
This table shows the most popular categories.
Here are some of the comments we received:
Survey presentation
Background info
In August, we held an open meeting about a future village shop, following the shock announcement that the closure of the existing shop (after over 200 years of trading).
We consulted Grosmont villagers at the market in September. After this, in October, we held an open meeting to discuss different options, and delivered a questionnaire to every house in the area.
We staged an exhibition at the Christmas market, and asked for feedback.
