{"type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [{"type": "Feature", "geometry": {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [-4.171715, 53.232962]}, "properties": {"name": "Community Priorities- No Fixed Location", "media": [], "title": "Community Priorities- No Fixed Location", "_umap_id": "Qro30", "description": "Community Venues are expensive to rent for activities\nChurch building needs something doing to bring it back into a safe building\nNeed a safe transport or good turn scheme to help \npeople access services and activities  in and around their area\nNeed to look at our road safety \u2013 especially at peak times and around our schools\nNeed extra parking close to the school\nRaise awareness of community safety on the roads- especially outside schools\nEncourage inter-generational opportunities\nMore opportunities for young people in the evenings and in school holidays\nIncreased Police presence on weekends\nAlleviation of traffic at peak times would help people moving in and out of the Town to work."}}, {"type": "Feature", "geometry": {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [-4.175878, 53.232653]}, "properties": {"name": "No fixed location Community Assets", "media": [], "title": "No fixed location Community Assets", "_umap_id": "vGzI4", "description": "Social Media\nThe Chronicle\nCommunity Newsletter\nBroadband\nPapur Menai\nRed Tent Ladies Social Group\nWomen's Institute\nSilver Slashers\nPubs and Restaurants \nSporting Facilities\nAnglesey Coastal path\nMenai Bridge Partnership\nYouth Club\nFriends/family"}}, {"type": "Feature", "geometry": {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [-4.173775, 53.232962]}, "properties": {"name": "No fixed location Community Gaps", "media": [], "title": "No fixed location Community Gaps", "_umap_id": "R8n5c", "description": "Close friendly community\nNeed a \u2018youth pod\u2019\nMoved here from away- great sense of community spirit and friends can call on one another\nMany leave the area to hold or attend activities in other areas as rooms here are always booked up\nFitness classes are a great place to meet people\nExercise classes in the community are great for people who have had an operation- fall classes\nLots of things for children to do in the holidays\nThe pub is a great place for local people to talk to Councillors\nTown centre is looking untidy (by Rownd a Rownd)- need to pull the buildings down if they\u2019re derelict\nPhysical access to buildings may be a barrier to older people or those with limited mobility \nNo sense of community, no obvious community centre\nHave to go to Bangor to bank or bank online\nShops are great\nWould like some cooking classes\nPlenty to do for adults\nBus service to \u2018upper Menai Bridge\u2019 is being cut- will make it difficult for the elderly to get out and about\nFfair Borth is a success\nRaft Race raises money locally\nSmall shops are great- supporting local people\nWI \u2018helps me to keep in touch with my friends, I would be lonely otherwise\u2019\nGenerally Menai Bridge has the most amenities (e.g. post office, chemist, library etc.) but there is a lack of opportunities for the communities to come together\nSupportive businesses in the area\nNo youth club for over 12\u2019s- challenging\nDiverse community- many groups with individual topics but they don\u2019t always communicate\nPeople don\u2019t attend groups that we put on- would rather informal get together\nNot enough for young people to do that isn\u2019t sports led\nNowhere to go to hold a coffee morning\nIt\u2019s easy and safe to walk about\nParks and bike track need updating\nPeople want to access activities and services but it is very difficult to park and this becomes a barrier\nWould like a youth club in the evening or at weekends\nMany people travelling to Beaumaris to access leisure services\nLack of dementia friendly socialising activities\nShould make more of community assets to reduce isolation \u2013 library, church etc.\nNoisy road resurfacing \u2013 effect wellbeing of residents\nResidents choosing not to use the dentist but instead going to Colwyn Bay as unhappy with the service offered locally\nWould like a train station\nThere are car parks in Menai Bridge but they\u2019re always full\nTraffic further increased in the holidays due to tourism\nLack of care packages for people leaving hospital\nGridlock at peak time- becomes dangerous on the roads, picking children up from school etc\nMany people rely on friends and family if they can\u2019t drive\n\u2018I would like to us my car less but I can\u2019t\u2019\nIdeal location close the A55\nNo pavement on the road between Penmynydd and Menai Bridge- no buses passing through\nPeople parking dangerously and illegally on yellow \nlines\n20p for parking is low. Good turn over\nParking causes tension in the community- very stressful\nAir BnB puts a strain on parking locally\nChildren on bikes and skateboards in the road\nPerception of increase in anti-social behaviour when the youth club closed. Issues include young people climbing on roofs etc.\nNo community spirit\nGenerally feel safe in my community but Friday and Saturday nights are terrible- town becomes loud and noisy, lots of drunk people and minibuses coming into town. Conflict in culture- local people wanting to go out for a meal v people coming in to drink.\nEasy to get out and about- feel safe\nDo see the PCSO\u2019s around quite often\nNo pavement on the road between Penmynydd and Menai Bridge- no buses passing through\nWeekends have become noisy and frightening for older people as more people come into the Town for a night out\nNumber of accidents caused lack of parking and people then parking in unsuitable places\nPot hole\nKnow to ring 101 and how to use the NW Police website. But we share a PCSO and have to wait two weeks for an answer.\nHouses are expensive but able to get money if you do have a house to sell\nLack of housing for young people- too expensive to buy\nNeed a litter picking group- create a sense of community spirit\nWould like to see more flowers and hanging baskets around the community\nDog fouling is a big problem\nWould like a more detailed Coastal Path maps that  could be carried around easily- used to be one previously with all the maps on it that you could photocopy in the Library\nWould like more information about the Coastal Path\nCoastal Path- fallen trees, need chopping down for health and safety\nLots of small businesses and eating places in the Town\nLack of work and no industry\nMost people happy with the employment in Menai Bridge\nLots of litter in green spaces, parks etc.\nMany want green spaces to be protected\nNot sure who my local Councillor is\nShould use more technology for Tourist Information\nInformation for residents should be \u2018lightweight\u2019\nThere is no Tourist Information Centre to think it\u2019s an area that pulls in a lot of tourists\nWould like a youth club in the evening or at weekends\nSome people felt \u2018passed around\u2019 when they contacted the County Council offices for support with an issue in their community\nNot enough skills training for young people\nFurther education courses tend to be out of the area and in the evening- could be a barrier\nGet information from the local newspaper\nMenai Bridge needs a facebook page\nNetworks are best made through word of mouth\nFlyers through the door is a good way of getting info\nWould prefer a letter drop or a questionnaire through my letter box\nBroadband is ok- it\u2019s a bit slow\nNetworks- best shared through word of mouth\nUse Papur Menai and facebook to find my information\nGo online to find information but not to take part in anything\nDifficult to know what each organisation is doing\nDiverse community- many groups with individual topics but they don\u2019t always communicate\nPeople don\u2019t attend groups that we put on- would rather informal get together\nNoticeboard always gets vandalised so there\u2019s no information in it now- needs fixing\nPublic notice board has been vandalised again\nSupport Community groups to raise awareness about what they provide.\nLots of volunteers on community groups are getting older- need new blood"}}]}