Experience Project - Bodmin Public Realm Signage /Thrussells

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Cornwall Council is looking to complete Bodmin’s existing signage scheme with additional signage infrastructure. The signage will be installed at specific locations in the town to enhance the public realm, support businesses and visitor attractions and offer guidance to both visitors and local residents. CC Experience Bodmin have commissioned Public Artists Thrussells to further enhance Bodmins public realm. Thrussells designed, developed and installed the new existing Bodmin Heritage Trail Finger pointers, waymarkers, benches and feature waymarker sculpture, as part of the TRIPP project in 2025-2026 working with Cornwall Council. As a result of successfully completing that project Thrussells are well placed to fully realise the extension/creation of the Bodmin Public Realm Signage project. Thrussells propose creating the new infrastructure to the exact same specifcation, detail and scale as the existing infrastructure designed by them, matching the same design language as their heritage waymarkers and benches installed in March-April 2026.. Background Experience is a Cornwall Council project that encourages a resilient year-round visitor economy. Experience delivers a year-round growth model that increases footfall by creating unique cultural and low carbon experiences. The programme brings together key stakeholders to collaborate and deliver specific aspects of each Cornish town’s ambitions. Experience promotes each destination through an integrated and targeted communication campaign showcasing the unique identity and culture of each place. With capital investment and regeneration as its main catalyst for change, it offers long-lasting tangible benefits to local communities and its residents. The programme has four strands of work: network-building and skills development, development of the visitor destination and its offer, marketing of the destination and evaluation. Experience has been awarded funding from Good Growth (Shared Prosperity Fund) for 2025-26, which is match funded by Cornwall Council’s Town Centre Revitalisation Fund in 2026-27. Overall, the signage will support the project’s ambition to: - Revitalise towns and support communities in achieving their local priorities - Work towards a carbon neutral Cornwall by increasing low carbon experiences - Invest in year-round regenerative tourism, embedding resilience and collaboration between the visitor economy and creative/cultural sectors.