Monopoly man visits Ironbridge ahead of a new Telford Monopoly game.

Telford is getting its very own Monopoly and Monopoly man was visiting to see what people would like put on the board.

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00:00So we're here in Telford to launch the new Monopoly, which is joining the Telford area.

00:07We have gone through ten cities over the last year to find out which one we have agreed

00:12that we're going to take on and Telford is it. It beats Sheffield and Norwich as the

00:17addition it will become and seven others that were part of that list as well. And we feel

00:22that Telford was the place to come to because of the historic value of what Ironbridge is

00:25very much a part of and the city and the family side of it and what it brings to the

00:30local community and the businesses in the area.

00:33Do you know yet, can you give us any indication as to what might be on the board?

00:37We have a rough idea. A lot of people are suggesting the Ironbridge itself being a very

00:42famous thing. We have put it out to vote as of this morning where people can put the suggestions

00:46forward via our email address which is telford at winningmoves.co.uk which then suggests

00:52what they would like to see and feature on the board. From attractions right through

00:56to local businesses, through to sports and entertainment, through to historic areas around

01:02the place.

01:03Do you know when the game is going to be coming out?

01:06The game will be launched live in April. We then look to build on that point until then

01:12and then we go live with it. Being an area in Telford where we will then launch it and

01:18we bring all the businesses, attractions, companies that have been a part of it and

01:22have been brought on board plus then media to then announce the launch of it on the day.

01:29I know you said about wanting to get local businesses involved, wanting them to reach

01:35out and get in touch. What do they need to know to pitch? What do they need to go to

01:40get on the board?

01:42We want to know about businesses as I said that have got a strong community involved

01:47with the area, that have been here for a number of years, that don't plan on moving

01:50anywhere, have got very much a family feel and are part of the area of Ironbridge or

01:54it's Telford directly or Newport where or Wellington where. It's very much somewhere

01:58they see themselves being very much a part of for a number of years and that community

02:03is really important to us and what it brings, those are big focal points of what we look

02:07for to have them and be involved on the board.

02:11I know Yellow is looking at being showbiz green, is there any guidance you can give

02:19people to inspire them to reach out to you via email?

02:22Light blue will be attractions, dark green will be education, dark blue is iconic places

02:28which is where we look to really much take on people's opinions and what they feel is

02:31right for the area of the big staple points of the Telford and Rankin area and Ironbridge

02:37is somewhere that has been notified to us on numerous occasions already in the build

02:40up to this as somewhere they expect to see. Hotels and tourism will be on yellow and

02:45we have then broken down into dark, into brown as well which will be for monuments and historic

02:51venues and places around that they expect to see and want to see on the board as well.

02:56Make potentially National Trust areas that are very heritage sites, the area that have

03:00been here for a long time that make up what the staple point of Telford is.

03:03Fab, thanks Ben.

03:04Pleasure, no worries.