Aaron Leggett
Appearances
The Planet Reigate Podcast
41: The Light’s first birthday, a look back at Reigate’s Summer Festival and Horley carnival… and more.
My name's Aaron. I'm the business manager for Redhill.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
41: The Light’s first birthday, a look back at Reigate’s Summer Festival and Horley carnival… and more.
Thanks very much. We're really excited. We've had one year so far. Everything's been great. Felt really supported by the local community. Everyone's given us great feedback and hoping we carry on.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
41: The Light’s first birthday, a look back at Reigate’s Summer Festival and Horley carnival… and more.
I think we've got something for everyone. If you like cinema, we've got lots of different events, all the new blockbusters coming up. We do some dementia friendly screening. So all your old favourites. So we had summer holiday on.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
41: The Light’s first birthday, a look back at Reigate’s Summer Festival and Horley carnival… and more.
last year with Cliff Richards which was really great obviously got lots of new stuff coming up so Deadpool and Wolverine's looking particularly good for the summer and if you don't like cinema we've still got all the climbing wall and all the leisure the bowling and everything so yeah there's loads going on absolutely and it's been a real boost to the town as well hasn't it having the light here
The Planet Reigate Podcast
41: The Light’s first birthday, a look back at Reigate’s Summer Festival and Horley carnival… and more.
Yeah, I haven't heard anything but good things. Lots of people coming in. The footfall into the site is massive. The whole of the town centre is pretty busy as a result. And you're working really well with the Business Guild and also the Belfry as well. Yeah, definitely. The Belfry have been fantastic. Business Guild as well.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
41: The Light’s first birthday, a look back at Reigate’s Summer Festival and Horley carnival… and more.
We meet up regularly and constantly talking to each other on how we can get different things working.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
41: The Light’s first birthday, a look back at Reigate’s Summer Festival and Horley carnival… and more.
What have they been telling you? That it was desperately needed in the area. They're really pleased they don't need to travel outside of Redhill and Reigate to get everything that they want that we've got here.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
41: The Light’s first birthday, a look back at Reigate’s Summer Festival and Horley carnival… and more.
Yeah, I think Crawley for the cinema, it's a massive cinema there. I think a lot of people have been travelling all the way there. So we're managing to keep them a bit closer.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
41: The Light’s first birthday, a look back at Reigate’s Summer Festival and Horley carnival… and more.
Yeah, definitely. I mean, anything that we can do to work with other local businesses to bring football into Redhill is... it's definitely something we're looking to do. Okay, so what are your plans for year two? More of the same, hopefully. Some great films, more events for the community. We do some local board game nights and we're looking at coffee mornings, that kind of stuff.
The Planet Reigate Podcast
41: The Light’s first birthday, a look back at Reigate’s Summer Festival and Horley carnival… and more.
So we can use the site as a central hub for the community. And I'm guessing you really want to thank the people who've been supporting you for the first 12 months? Definitely. We couldn't do it without them. I think that everything's been really positive and I can only thank them for using our site, and hopefully we'll see them again in the second and third years.