Phil Bateman Mayor - Opens Ashmore Park Community Centre

Bateman Opens Community Centre: Wednesfield North today boasts a new Community Centre after Mary and Phil Bateman MBE, as Mayor and Mayoress, opened the new venue on Griffith Drive, Ashmore Park this morning at 10.30 am. Councillor Phil Bateman said "We officially cut the ribbon and I explained how pleased I felt about the new development. It was a superb building and I was very pleased to see the facilities that were being offered to the residents of Wednesfield North. Those classes included Art, Pyro-techniques and Computers, also other facilities were being considered. I was also pleased to hear how partnership arrangements in both St Albans Church and Hodson House Sheltered Housing scheme was being explored. I urged that community group to do all that it could to develop facilities and opportunities that the community as a whole could be proud of. It was a great morning and both the Mayoress and I are pleased to have played a role in the development of this new centre." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author: Phil Bateman Article Date: 4th March 2006