Marlow to hold first business festival
Marlow: Chamber of Commerce event will take place in March
Marlow will welcome its first business festival in March to ‘shape the future’ of the high street.
From Thursday, March 26 to Sunday, March 29, the inaugural event aims to improve the relationship between businesses and the community.
Organised by the Marlow Chamber of Commerce, the festival will be themed around the future and inform people about what the high street may look like in several years to come.
Chamber president Lesley James is hopeful that the majority of firms will get involved, with workshops planned across five venues covering up to 20 subjects, such as sustainability. The public are also invited along to the workshops.
Elsewhere, a ‘scavenger hunt’ across Marlow will give families the chance to follow a route, solving puzzles and picking up items along the way to prove they have visited.
The Sunday will involve prize-giving, a barbecue and drinks.
Lesley said: “We are theming it around the future, shaping the future. We are getting people to look at what the high street will look like.
“We need to try and engage the whole town
in what is going on. I do not want to make it a big selling event – [we want to] get a conversation going.
“We want people to understand that doing business in your area is good for the environment [and] the community. And we hope that by making people aware of the diversity of suppliers, that increases the number of people using [them].”
Visit marlowchamber. com for the event timetable, which will be online early next week.