Decision Should be Rescinded

Dear Sir
I was sad to hear the Tuesday market will close on 1 June.  I don’t know the details, or why the managing company has decided on this action, but it is a shame that after so many years of trading we won’t be able to buy fresh fruit, flowers etc.  Thankfully Honest John’s stall has been “rehomed” in the warm and nearby Cubby and he continues to do good work for the community.
I understand one reason for closing the market is that the management company won’t allow the market stalls to trade on the new pavement area!  Why??  Does that mean we shouldn’t walk on it either?
As somewhat of a contradiction; the Advertiser series on 3.5.2014 states:
• “over the last 5 years Freshwater has transformed the tired shopping area into a modern and open environment”.
To be honest, it doesn’t look that much different to me, although some stores have had new pvc windows installed.  It has always been an open environment, albeit in an oblong format.  The new pavement area is a huge improvement, although I don’t think Freshwater started work 5 years ago, I thought it was much later
• “New retailers including Aldi and Wilko’s have opened stores and existing businesses have been encouraged to expand” Well, the Tuesday market is just one of the “existing businesses” who have traded for 30+ or so years I believe, so why is it being closed down?  Also, people coming to the market visit the stores around them too (Tesco, banks, £stretcher, Boots, Boyes, coffee shops etc), so they gain (indirectly) financially too when the market operates
• “The town centre was closed in and we wanted to open it up and make it a more attractive and friendly environment” but – it is still closed in!
• “Councillor Bob Fleming asked whether the market would be re-launched” Surely you re-launch something that has been out of action, but the Tuesday market continued to trade near Boots throughout all the building work, under (“the oppressive”) and dry cover of the (“removed”) canopies
• Councillor Fleming “was told professional market companies had been approached for advice on how to attract new traders”
I think the term this is an insult to the traders, past and present, insinuating they are not professional!  This comment also implies that the Tuesday market will continue to operate and again is a contradiction in terms
• Closure of the Tuesday market will lead to loss of income – for all the traders after so many years of devoting themselves and their products to us
• Empty Shops – surely it would be better for Freshwater to fill the long term empty shops (Woolworths for one) with lower rents to entice new stores to the area.  A lower rental income must be better than no income at all (?), and I’m not even an accountant!
I know many people are unhappy about the proposed closure of the Tuesday market and hopefully the decision will be rescinded, for the benefit of the market traders and the local area.
JEP, Heighington