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| June 2001 |
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The Show will get bigger than ever The annual Canterbury Agricultural Show will continue and improve. This is the promise given following the City Council’s purchase of nearly 90 hectares of land from the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association. This gives a total Council land holding in the area of 126ha and the Council has called for expressions of interest about the use of the land. Letters have rolled into the Parks and Waterways Unit with suggestions which ranged from in-line hockey, to gymnastics, riding for the disabled, a site for vintage machinery, an area for four-wheel-drive vehicles and such like. The Council plans to focus on the annual A and P Show and the individual exhibitors with perhaps the development of more permanent features in the park. Initial emphasis will be on improving the Show. All-year round uses for the park could be catered for, too. The expressions of interest will be gathered together for a workshop soon and from that a Council management plan will be drawn up for wider public comment. The Show, which attracts up to 100,000 visitors a year, is protected in perpetuity. Under the sale agreement the A and P Association retains its saleyards and two hectares around them. Contact: Chris Freeman, Parks and Waterways Unit: ph 941 8257. |
