Manifesto
This is a story about our towns, our streets, our buildings and our community.
The spaces and places we all share, should share and need to share.
They lead us to a deeper sense of place and connect us to each other.
COMMON places that we can meet, learn, teach, work and enjoy.
Places that make us feel proud.
Places that speak to us, that we have helped create,
we can have a stake in, that we build for the COMMON good.
To create a new history — reinvented, renovated and reimagined.
What our old COMMON buildings can be.
These buildings were never constructed to serve the few,
they were created in eras of civic pride,
constructed for the COMMON person.
This is our collective commission — to become custodians of the building,
to give it a new purpose, a new lease of life and meaning for the future and value to our town and all of us that live here.
An open building that becomes a beacon, an inviting place for us all to use,
to communicate, to comment.
A place that combines the wealth of a community,
its people, its resources and its spirit.
Created from a cooperative approach and a true sense of duty.
The building will be a place we all have in COMMON
Share Offer
Target Return:
(available from four years after the close of the share offer)
6.25% per annum
Minimum Raise:
£360, 500
Optimal Raise:
£571,700
Maximum Raise:
£763,713
Minimum Individual Investment:
(contact us if this is unaffordable)
£200
Maximum Individual Investment:
(or 10% of total shares issues)
£50,000
Opens:
7th June 2024
Closes:
1st September 2024
The board of directors of may choose to extend the period of the share offer, if we have not reached any of our fundraising targets by this date. Further information about this can be found in the "Your Investment" section of our business plan on page 30.
