"ALTON is ready for change", to be pioneered, if all goes to plan, by a new Town Initiatives Manager.

Expected to start from April next year, on a three-day a week basis, the new managerial post will be funded in part by EHDC, with Alton Town Council invited to match-fund the £13,000 a year salary.

A full version of this story will be found in the Alton Herald of September 22, 2000.