10/01/08
DECISION TIME on blaenau hall design Menter y Moelwyn takes its two design options to local supermarkets to seek the views of the people of the town.

A Blaenau Ffestiniog community group will be displaying its plans in local supermarkets this week to ask the people of the town for their views on how a local landmark building should look. Menter y Moelwyn is a community group which aims to refurbish the Blaenau Ffestiniog Market Hall, transforming a disused building to provide a comprehensive centre for the local community. The group have been given a grant by the Big Lottery Fund to finalise the design for refurbishing the building and have commissioned architects Baart Harris Newall to do this, so that planning permission can be obtained.
Having consulted the people of Blaenau at the ‘Fun in the Hall Day’ in November 2004, the group have already specified what is necessary inside the building, to provide the activities needed.
“But”, says group member Robi Buckley who plays double bass with the band Gwibdaith Hen Frân, “We now have to decide how the outside looks. To make sure that we end up with a building that the whole of Blaenau can be proud of, we need everyone to give us their views on these two plans, both positive and negative.”
The group will be asking people how much they like these two plans, and to list up to three things they like about each of them, and up to three things they don’t.
Representatives of Menter y Moelwyn will be in the Somerfield from 1-7pm on Thursday 17 January, in the Co-op from 1-7pm on Friday 18 January, and in the Spar from 9am – 12 noon on Sunday 20 January, inviting people to give their views on the design options.

Scheme A from the bridge

Scheme A viewed from Commercial Square

Scheme B from the bridge

Scheme B viewed from Commercial Square

For further information please contact:
Rory Francis (Menter y Moelwyn Press Officer)
01766 830328 or 07760 171174

10/01/08
amser i benderfynu am ddyluniad Hall ‘stiniog Menter y Moelwyn yn mynd â’i ddau gynllun i archfarchnadoedd lleol i ofyn am farn pobl y dref.

Fe fydd grwp cymunedol o Flaenau Ffestiniog yn arddangos ei gynlluniau mewn arch-farchnadoedd lleol yr wythnos hon er mwyn gofyn i bobl y dref am eu barn am sut y dylai adeilad nodedig lleol edrych. Mae Menter y Moelwyn yn grwp cymunedol sydd â’i fryd ar ddatblygu cynlluniau i ailwampio Neuadd y Farchnad Blaenau Ffestiniog, gan ddatblygu canolfan i bobl y Blaenau mewn adeilad sydd bellach yn wag. Mae’r grwp wedi derbyn grant gan y Gronfa Loteri Fawr i orffen y cynllun i ailwampio’r adeilad, ac maen nhw wedi comisiynu’r penseiri Baart Harris Newall i wneud hyn, er mwyn eu galluogi nhw i sicrhau caniatâd cynllunio.
Wedi diwrnod ‘Hwyl yn yr Hall’, ym mis Tachwedd 2004, lle cafwyd ymgynghoriad efo pobl y dref, mae’r grwp wedi cadarnhau beth sydd ei angen tu mewn i’r adeilad i ddarparu’r gweithgareddau sydd eu hangen.
“Ond”, medd Robi Buckley sy’n aelod o’r grwp ac sy’n canu’r dwbl bas efo’r band Gwibdaith Hen Frân, “Rhaid inni benderfynu rwan sut y bydd yr adeilad yn edrych y tu allan. I wneud yn siwr bod gennym yr adeilad iawn, adeilad y medr pawb fod yn falch ohono, dan ni angen barn pawb, dim ots os ydi hynny’n bositif neu yn negyddol.”
Fe fydd y grwp yn gofyn i bobl pa mor hoff y maen nhw o’r ddau gynllun, ac i restru hyd at dri pheth maen nhw’n hoffi amdanyn nhw, a hyd at dri pheth dydyn nhw ddim.
Fe fydd cynrychiolwyr o Fenter y Moelwyn yn Somerfield rhwng 1 a 7 o’r gloch y prynhawn Dydd Iau y 17 Ionawr, yn y Co-op rhwng 1 a 7 o’r gloch yn prynhawn Dydd Gwener yr 18 Ionawr ac yn Spar rhwng 9 o’r gloch y bore a hanner dydd, Dydd Su yr 20 Ionawr, i annog pobl i rhoi barn ar yr cynlluniau gwahanol.

Cynnig A o'r bont

Cynnig A o sgwar Commercial

Cynnig B o'r bont

Cynnig B o sgwar Commercial

Fe all y cyfryngau gysylltu â:
Rory Francis (Swyddog y Wasg Menter y Moelwyn ar
01766 830328 neu 07760 171174