'Backward' Planning - that's the most suitable description of the travesty outlined in this article. Two mistakes were made in this development initiative: one, the poor showing of local participation in the development planning, and two the abstract approach in packaging the heritage value of the town as a core element of the visitor experience.
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It amazes me that a cruise ship pier appears to be the appeal and preferred approach for bringing tourism to Falmouth. Strange, indeed. Falmouth does not need cruise ships to make it into a successful tourism hub. As a historic centre, its heritage values must be fully explored, with its locals understanding the need to conserve and safeguard the town's assets, plus 'buying' into the potential of the area as a heritage tourism destination.
Unfortunately local authorities bend to the pressures of what is 'popular' to the detriment of what is sacred; and buckle to the views that tradition and custom is not in keeping with progress. We have it all wrong, if we seriously believe that we are doing the town of Falmouth, and its people sustained 'good' with this development. Having read this article I can only conclude that Falmouth today is a 'woken, yet broken' town.
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| Images of Falmouth's architectural heritage Photographs: G.Tate |
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