Christmas in Bandon

Happy Christmas to all of our readers,

I know that our simple blog has reached the far corners of the earth over the last few weeks. Many of our ex-pats have been logging on from near and far to read what has been happening locally post flood. To those of you who cannot be home over the festive period, our thoughts and best wished are with you.

Yes, it has been cold over the last few days but my word, doesn't it make great photographs! I was lucky enough to be able to take a few photos this morning of certain parts of Bandon and I hope that I may be able to create postcards / Christmas cards in the near future in order to raise funds for local charitable groups.

It's great to hear many people deciding against doing their Christmas shopping elsewhere and making the correct decision to keep both business and money in the local economy .... well done to all concerned.

As stated in previous posts, the great work done by the Bandon Co-marketing fund has been a great success:

Just look at what they've accomplished:

Bandon, It's Alive Campaign Highlights for Shoppers
> * Live & DJ Music bringing the Streets of the Town Alive
> * Town Dressed for a Festival Feeling
> * Clubs & Community Trail bringing people together
> * Three Free Entry Draws of Hampers of Vouchers worth over EUR550 each
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> * Christmas Fair
> * Extension of street activities post-flood into December
> * Great Offers, Clearly Visible
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> Bandon Co-Marketing Group Highlights for Traders
> * Significantly increased media coverage for Bandon - advertising &
> editorial - than possible individually
> * Street Events can bring more people onto the streets and increase
> interaction with shoppers
> * Cost Effective sourcing of signage & point of sale materials
> * Promoting the town can benefit individual businesses
> * Start of a total business, electronic, database for effective
> communication
> * Building relationships between businesses and other organisations

To all involved ... please keep doing what you've done so successfully ...It has been a complete win-win situation for all concerned.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Peaceful and Prosperous New Year.

T Collins


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