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Community call to curtail Turbo Island’s auctioning off
Ahead of the auction of the Stoke’s Croft‘s Turbo Island on Wednesday October 16, community members are rallying together in an attempt to take the piece of land off the market.
With several fundraisers across platforms being created in an attempt to bring it back into community ownership.
One fundraiser organised by Connor Morgan states that “Bristol council has agreed that if the funds can be raised within 14 days it can be brought pre-auction for the stated price”.
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The advertising group Wildstone, who currently own Turbo Island are marketing it as a potential development site for a mixed use scheme of a shop or restaurant at ground level and accommodation on the floors above.
Responding to the backlash, the group have blamed the plague of “anti-social behaviour and criminal activity”, despite their attempt to deter the behaviour by tarmacking over the area in 2022.
They hope the that the sale will “enable a more positive use of the site”.
In a comment to the BBC, Benoit Bennett, director of the local community group The People’s Republic of Stoke Croft, has said the site “has a lot of potential”.
But with no one utilising the space over the last few years, it’s unclear what that potential could be.
And while the public has shown clear enthusiasm to stopping the auction, none of the fundraisers have outlined what they will do with the plot if they are successful in their bid.
Main photo: Martin Booth
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