David Rodda

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00:00 The opportunity to kind of bring my knowledge and skills on economic development

00:05 into the day-to-day operation of a city council really excited me and I had the

00:11 opportunity so I thought I could bring something to the role.

00:15 If we look at the city council itself, we've got some very large delivery

00:20 programs to deliver so through the Truro town deal we'll lead on the

00:25 Pascown Park sports hub projects that's a 5.3 million pound development of a

00:30 sports hub facility at Pascown Park. We're also looking at a 3.2 million pound

00:36 scheme to help deliver new life for city buildings in the town in the city

00:41 centre so that's about converting the space above the shops and those sort of

00:44 things. So we've got some major grant programs to deliver and I think that's

00:48 where my my previous experience really plays into that. A background from a

00:54 farming background originally but left the family farm to go off and see the

00:58 world and spent the last 25 years working with farmers, food businesses,

01:04 rural communities and to help the economic development in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

01:12 I'm proud of the commitment that the team has got here. The councillors

01:17 elected for a four-year period we were in the third or just about to enter into

01:22 the fourth year of that period. They've got a clear plan that was set when they

01:27 when they came when they were elected. One of the strata we have at Truro is

01:33 it's a great little city. What I want to have is a great City Council delivering

01:39 what residents and visitors to Truro want to see, ensuring that people feel

01:44 they're getting value for money for their precept and can see positive

01:48 change whilst all the team are happy, fulfilled and empowered to do their work.

01:55 That's what success looks like for me.

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