The problem is the council has no vision not just for Sixfields but for the whole of the town and county. The town centre is a joke, nothing but pound shops, charity shops and beggars. No vision for regeneration, growth or god forbid making the place somewhere nice to live. I live overseas now, but everytime I come back it just seems to me that a little more of the facade has crumbled and the cracks have grown. I know lots of people who would rather get their passports out and cross the border to go to Market Harborough, a town that forty years ago was as shít hole. Without a cohesive plan that involves the whole thing the council will just contribute to the stagnation of the town and county and unfortunately that will mean any plans/ideas for Sxifields.
Unfortunately I can see us having this discussion in another five years.
It's not a Northampton issue, it's a High Street issue. There is barely a vibrant town centre left in the country, even central London is half vacant.
It's all about online and retail parks. The town centre is effectively a white elephant, I can't think of many reasons to go there. The places that do better are usually smaller towns with local independents, although everywhere has obviously suffered the past 12 months.