The rent hikes are cancelled. We saved our businesses and our history.
September 3, 2013
Final supporters
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Reached 10,000 supporters
June 20, 2013
June 17, 2013
We are approaching ten thousand signatures. One final push will force the council to listen.
May 8, 2013
The council has agreed to a meeting regarding these rent hikes. Your signatures provided the leverage needed to finally get us a seat at the table.
April 9, 2013
One thousand signatures for the market. This shows the council exactly how much this place matters.
Reached 1,000 supporters
April 7, 2013
Reached 100 supporters
March 30, 2013
61 Comments
The persistence of the covered market's diverse small businesses is of great value to Oxford students and residents. I urge the City Coundil to help these businesses survive by maintaining existing levels of rent.
I have shopped in the stores in the covered market since I moved here 16 years ago. Many of the business owners go out of their way to support their customers and visitors. It is our turn to support them.
If you force out every independent trader with sky-high rents, Oxford will become the same as every other city center; and why would anybody visit then? Don't let these shortsighted measures destroy an important and unique part of the city's charm
It may be the poshest market i know but i'd hate to see it lose the food factor. A higher rent would inevitably attract chain stores and the place would cease to be a market, more of an arcade. We've enough of them. Keep small business in the city.
I live in Hampshire and visited the market today for the first time, it was refreshing to see genuine butchers, greengrocer and cheesemonger. I found the rest of Oxford shopping experience boring, I could have been anywhere, the covered market was the single redeeming feature that might entice me to return.
The unique shopping offer in Oxford has deteriorated rapidly and the sad state of the covered market reflects this. The new westgate is the same predictable chain stores, there must be room for the small trader that gives so much character and diversity to the city.
This is part of Oxfords appeal. Not everyone wants to visit the colleges.
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The rent hikes are cancelled. We saved our businesses and our history.
September 3, 2013
Final supporters
Updates
Reached 10,000 supporters
June 20, 2013
June 17, 2013
We are approaching ten thousand signatures. One final push will force the council to listen.
May 8, 2013
The council has agreed to a meeting regarding these rent hikes. Your signatures provided the leverage needed to finally get us a seat at the table.
April 9, 2013
One thousand signatures for the market. This shows the council exactly how much this place matters.
Reached 1,000 supporters
April 7, 2013
Reached 100 supporters
March 30, 2013
61 Comments
Please save this unique historic market, which is not only one of Oxford's finest tourist attractions but also a real boon to locals who can still find unusual and useful things in it. Its character is unique and the shops make a contribution both to the city of Oxford and its inhabitants. Don't let it disappear.
The persistence of the covered market's diverse small businesses is of great value to Oxford students and residents. I urge the City Coundil to help these businesses survive by maintaining existing levels of rent.
I have shopped in the stores in the covered market since I moved here 16 years ago. Many of the business owners go out of their way to support their customers and visitors. It is our turn to support them.
If you force out every independent trader with sky-high rents, Oxford will become the same as every other city center; and why would anybody visit then? Don't let these shortsighted measures destroy an important and unique part of the city's charm
It may be the poshest market i know but i'd hate to see it lose the food factor. A higher rent would inevitably attract chain stores and the place would cease to be a market, more of an arcade. We've enough of them. Keep small business in the city.
I live in Hampshire and visited the market today for the first time, it was refreshing to see genuine butchers, greengrocer and cheesemonger. I found the rest of Oxford shopping experience boring, I could have been anywhere, the covered market was the single redeeming feature that might entice me to return.
The unique shopping offer in Oxford has deteriorated rapidly and the sad state of the covered market reflects this. The new westgate is the same predictable chain stores, there must be room for the small trader that gives so much character and diversity to the city.
This is part of Oxfords appeal. Not everyone wants to visit the colleges.
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Please save this unique historic market, which is not only one of Oxford's finest tourist attractions but also a real boon to locals who can still find unusual and useful things in it. Its character is unique and the shops make a contribution both to the city of Oxford and its inhabitants. Don't let it disappear.