First Steps

First steps: Those of us at the inaugural meeting on 9 June decided on a two-pronged approach: the local economy group as a resource and the group as strategist. 1. Resource - We think we can develop a 'resource bank', and a source of mentoring, for business/enterprise ideas generated by the other Transition Town groups, so we're an incubator for ideas that need the leap into business development. 2. Strategy - Our first idea is to examine how the Cooperative Store in Hebden Bridge could become a genuinely local supermarket, a model for how a supermarket could truly be a catalyst in a changing local economy.