Vision Buxton set to hand over the baton after 24 years
Buxton has a very different atmosphere to that of 2001, when Buxton Business Forum (BBF) was formed as a company to promote Buxton as the best possible place to live, work and play – officially ‘to promote economic development, regeneration, tourism and leisure in Buxton’. BBF changed its name to Vision Buxton in 2006 and has been involved in every aspect of the regeneration and promotion of the town over those years.
“Vision Buxton has played its part in everything from the rebirth of the Crescent as a spa hotel to the formation of Buxton Town Team. The town now has organisations like the Town Team, the Buxton Crescent Heritage Trust, Buxton Markets CIC and a much more secure and engaged Civic Association, as well as many thriving businesses, both old and new, which all put it in a really strong position for the future.
It is time for businesses to step up and take a role in shaping the next decades, if they feel strongly enough that there is still a job to be done.
As well as supporting businesses, community groups and individual members by providing networking and information, Vision Buxton has represented Buxton’s interests to borough and county authorities. It has pushed, pulled, nurtured collaborations and enthused, when no-one else wanted to know. We have lobbied and taken on whatever needed doing, but feel now is the time to clear the pitch for the future.”
Roddie MacLean, Chair
Vision Buxton has also been responsible for producing the official printed Town Guide as well as running the Visit Buxton website and is actively seeking new custodians for these assets.
Vision Buxton’s board is made up of volunteers with a paid administrator keeping things ticking over. Thanks are offered to all those who have generously contributed as directors over the years. Vision Buxton will continue to operate until the end of the current membership year which runs to the end of October 2025, almost exactly 24 years since its inception.
Vision Buxton, 09 May 2025
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