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• Competition to find the best dressed shop window during May Races
  City centre retailers have been encouraged to dress their shop windows to impress during the May Races.
• Public invited to discover latest One City Plan Developments
  Development of a new Waterways Strategy and Chester's bid to become City of Culture 2017 will be featured this month
• Culture key driver for achieving social and economic change - Chester Bid Blueprint
  City's £10.9 million bid now submitted for City of Culture 2017
• Flying the flag for City of Culture 2017 bid
  Banners will be flying to announce Chester's busy summer events season
• Plans for Grosvenor Park restoration project on show at special drop-in session
  Residents invited to have their say on parks £3.6 million restoration project
• Chester's Brook street has impressive new welcome sign
  Shoppers to Chester's Brook Street are now welcome to the area by a newly installed welcome sign
• Chester theatre and library project showcased at the April One City Plan drop-in session
  Progress is continuing with the project to convert Chester's grade II listed former Odeon building
• Developers reveal start date for Chester's Business Quarter
  Work will start on the first stage of Chester's groundbreaking £100m Central Business Quarter early next year.
• Chester businesses asked to take part in next stage of plans for the city
  Briefing sessions are to be held at Chester Town Hall to discuss findings of the Business Consultation that took place in October.
• Council to investigate alternative funding following unsuccessful bid to Arts Council
  Alternative funding sought for development of the borough’s theatre and library venue.
• Cathedral at Heights
  Chester Cathedral has been successful in securing a £1.4m grant to develop the Cathedral at Heights tourist attraction.
• Extra One City Plan drop in session on Chester Transport Strategy
  Find out about the new Transport Strategy for Chester.
• Is harnessing the power of the River Dee the answer to Chester's future energy needs?
  Hydro-electric power could make a historic return to Chester
• Restoration for Chester's Grosvenor Park come a step nearer
  The lead consultant and main contractor have been announced.
• Chester leads new digital era with free wifi for all
  City to be transformed into the nation’s first fully-connected free wifi city centre.
• Northgate Model on display to public
  The first stage of the consultation for Chester’s vital Northgate Development Project will open on Monday, 26 November.
• Major regeneration schemes under the spotlight at One City Plan open day
  The open day will focus on the regeneration of Grosvenor Park and the Northgate Scheme.
• Christmas festivities in Chester
  Christmas will officially arrive in Chester on Thursday, 22 November.
• Councils £4m modernisation plan for historic city baths
  Council chiefs are to be asked to give the green light to a £4m refurbishment of Chester’s historic City Baths.
• Business Quarter plans under the spotlight at public drop-in session
  Find out about exciting plans to create a vibrant new business district for Chester
• Theatre plans and business consultation under the spotlight at open day 
  See the first artist impressions of the new theatre plans
• Launch of city walls guide book
  The first guidebook dedicated solely to Chester’s historic city Walls
• Open day offers insight into latest One City Plan developments
  Discover latest plans at drop-in sessions
• Consultation aims to find new ways of boosting city centre trading
  A comprehensive assessment of city centre trading is to be pulled together under the latest phase of the One City Plan.
• Open day offers insight into Chester's world class city plans
  People are invited to find out more about exciting plans to shape Chester into a world class city by 2027.
• Chester City Walls to create leading European heritage trail
  New information panels installed around two-mile-plus sandstone wall.
• Volunteers lend a hand to Cathedral Quarter clear-up
  Project part of We Love Chester campaign.
• Castle Drive's historic gates carefully restored as entrance is opened to the public
  Grade I-listed gates refurbished.