{"id":1752,"date":"2025-08-26T13:33:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2025-08-26T13:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:41:16","slug":"conwy-council-building-colwyn-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/conwy-council-building-colwyn-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Conwy Council building, Colwyn Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1704\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Council-Building-a-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Council-Building-a-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Council-Building-a.jpg 617w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1705\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Council-Building-b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Council-Building-b-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Council-Building-b-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Council-Building-b-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Council-Building-b.jpg 1041w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The new Conwy Council building in the town. With around 700 employees it is was hoped the building would bring in some much needed economic activity to the area when it opened in 2018, however Covid had a big impact on this. The old council buildings in Conwy (town) are now closed. There had been some hope the building would act as more of a community centre alongside its administrative function, but there is little evidence of this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0     The new Conwy Council building in the town. With around 700 employees it is was hoped the building would bring in some much needed economic activity to the area when it opened in 2018, however Covid had a big impact on this. 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