Kirkgate, one of Ripon’s prime retail and hospitality streets and gateway to the city’s iconic cathedral (pictured below) has received a deep clean.
The operation was organised by Ripon Business Improvement District in phase two of an initiative designed to attract more visitors to the city and help businesses to benefit from increased footfall.
BID assistant manager Lilla Bathurst, said:
“We cleaned the Kirkgate pavements from the Cathedral to Duck Hill. After steam cleaning, all windows were washed and sills and boards wiped down.”
The work took place on Sunday night. Kirkgate to the Market Square was due to be cleaned last night in the next part of the work.
Last month, the BID’s clean up began with work which has rejuvenated four of Ripon’s busiest alleyways, used by thousands of people each week.
The BID, which levies businesses to fund city centre improvements, came into being after 70 of the 87 traders who voted this summer, supported setting up the body.
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Following the vote, more than 280 firms within the Ripon BID area are now contributing to an annual budget of £160,000 for projects to create a safer, cleaner and better promoted city centre.
The first networking events for businesses will be held on January 17 and 24.
A Harrogate BID was created in 2019 but plans for a BID in Knaresborough were rejected in October.