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Comment

Representation ID: 25169

Received: 27/10/2017

Respondent: Suffolk Chamber of Commerce

We feel that the visitor experience in the town centre would be enhanced by: more trees and planted areas; an increase in sitting areas; more town centre to Waterfront pedestrian and cycle routes; and more public toilets.
Our highest priority would be to establish a high quality music venue, upon the lines of the Apex in Bury St Edmunds, with a capacity of around 350 / 400 possibly with a dance area.
Likewise one or some of the de-commissioned churches in the borough, with good acoustic facilities, might both 'bridge the gap' and preserve an historic building.
Other potential tourism attractions, building on Ipswich's key assets, should be developed or enhanced in town centre locations for example: Ipswich Transport Museum; BT innovation zone; Maritime Museum; and an Ipswich Arts Centre upon the lines of St Mary's Arts Centre in Colchester.