Visit Knowle celebrates a year of success

Visit Knowle have just celebrated their fourth birthday and said it seems like their feet haven 't touched the floor in the last 12 months.

In the last year, Visit Knowle have been busy with no less than 16 events, including the recent Coronation celebrations, a heritage walk, town tidy day, fundraising ball and Christmas events.

They 've helped make the High Street an attractive place by introducing the parklet, requesting the refurbishment of planters and litter bins and recently launched a "Knit for Knowle ” hanging basket campaign.

Over the last year, the marketing team have championed Knowle and its businesses by shining a spotlight on the various independent businesses in Knowle. The team say one of the highlights was winning the Solihull Chambers of Commerce Excellence in Sales & Marketing Award.

Visit Knowle continue to work alongside Solihull organisations, regularly attending Solihull Chamber and Solihull Tourism Forum events, and one of their team (Kim Hulse) is part of the executive committee at Solihull Chambers.

Businesses have been connected through regular networking sessions, a members WhatsApp group, a monthly newsletter to members.

Dave Pinwell, co-founder and director of Visit Knowle said "We've come such a long way. We wouldn 't be where we are now without our members and our team, who between them have given over 2000 hours of their time over the last 12 months".

To continue their work, they would like more businesses to join as a member and more residents to become a friend of Visit Knowle. Your contributions will help support them to deliver projects such as a 2024 midsummer celebration, street markets, business expos and further improvements to their street scene.

You can find out more what they do and how to support their work by visiting their website, or by going to meet them at their next networking event, which takes place on 19 July at The Ale Rooms from 6pm.

Pictured: The Visit Knowle team