Newtown s youngest mayor wants to make the town the best place to live, work and play by building back stronger with regeneration projects. Richard Williams, who is 26 years old, is understood to be the youngest person to be elected as mayor of Powys largest town. He has served on the town council since 2017 and said that he can’t wait to continue working with our residents, businesses and visitors to rebuild Newtown as we come out of the Covid-19 pandemic . The newly-elected mayor said: I am proud that this Council is taking the lead in defining, branding and marketing our town to the rest of Wales, the UK and abroad. Our new brand – Discover Newtown will play a key part in building back stronger from the pandemic. Working with Open Newtown, we should also hopefully see the opening of the new Riverside Venue in the next 12 months, which will be a modern and green gateway to our fantastic green and blue spaces.