I was delighted to hear that the Brighton History Centre is to stay in its present location following an announcement by the Leader of Brighton and Hove City Council, Councillor Mary Mears.
Mary was speaking at the meeting of the City Council's Cabinet yesterday and announced, during her communications at the start of the meeting that the £60,000 saving, which was to be achieved by temporarily relocating the Centre to the City's Jubilee Library, before moving it to its final home in the 'Keep' development, was to be found from other sources.
There had been a strong online campaign to keep the History Centre in its present location and acknowledging this support Mary said the money would be found to retain the Centre by looking at the Council's advertising costs and seeking savings in that area of spending.
Mary also announced the creation of an independent Commission which will consider the long-term issues that need to be addressed to keep the Council's Museums open and thriving. The increasingly difficult financial situation is forcing the Council to look at savings where it can and in order to keep this valued service working well in the future the Commission will look for solutions to enable the Museum service to provide the service that residents and visitors to Brighton and Hove want to see in this new, difficult, financial environment.
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