Tuesday 8 July 2008 7-9pm Salvation Army Hall,Park Crescent Terrace.

Come and find out about the progress our community has made in the last year and hear of the ongoing projects to improve the quality of life and sense of community in our area.

The discussion and debate with a panel of speakers will focus on

• Licensing – latest application and the effects on our neighbourhood
• Students – report from a survey at the University of Brighton
• Sustainability/food – a permaculture perspective

Come and join us! It is your opportunity to raise issues and question our panel.

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Dear resident,
The City Council and Primary Care Trust are interested in your views on the proposed regeneration of the open market and how it could have an effect on the health and well-being of you, your family and friends.

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Hello. I wonder whether residents in Park Crescent Road have noticed that Number 1 has applied for a licence to sell alcohol.

We have sent a letter to the council and contacted Keith Taylor as we are concerned about the following points:

• This area is already served to capacity by many licensed premises, from pubs to off-licences, supermarkets, small general stores and take-away restaurants. We do not see that there is any evidence for the need for another outlet for alcohol in any coherent development plans which would serve the residents of this area
• We are concerned about the public order issues, such as noise and petty vandalism, which might be associated with a licensed premises in this residential road. What evidence is there from the police, the council and national figures that there will NOT be a rise in such public disorder in an area such as ours?
• We are working hard to develop the community in this area, with the encouragement of our local councillor, Keith Taylor, and the setting up of local groups and newsletters with council support. What is the rationale for the granting of such a licence in the wider context of development in this area?

What do other folk think?

Avril

Interested in eating more local food? Want to grow your own?

The Brighton and Hove Food Partnership and Food Matters are developing a city-wide project exploring how more food can be produced within our city in order to feed ourselves more sustainably. We are putting together a portfolio of projects and hope to get Big Lottery funding to make them happen.

Come and contribute your ideas at a workshop exploring how we can produce and eat more delicious, fresh and healthy local food which hasn’t cost the earth.

Guest Speaker: Julie Brown, Growing Communities, Hackney – a successful and well established urban growing project in London.

Weds 4th June 12-4, with lunch from 12pm - 12.45pm at Brighthelm Centre, North Road, Brighton.

Places are limited, to book call Ann at the Food Partnership on 01273 431700 or email ann@bhfood.org.uk .

If anyone is concerned about the London Road development and yet another Tesco store, please see if you can attend the meeting described below and to be organised by Keith Taylor. It is not a Green Party meeting, but is for anyone interested in influencing this proposed development.

Another London Road is possible!

From talking to a number of people who staffed and attended the "Bright New London Road" exhibition last weekend it has become clear to me that the only non-negotiable element in the developer's vision for a new London Road is that there should be a large new Tesco's department store and car park at its northern end.

I do not personally want to see another step toward a "clone-town Brighton & Hove", and would like to suggest that those of a similar view start a dialogue as to how the arguments against such developments might best be composed.

I would like to suggest that an initial non party-political meeting be held to discuss the St James' Investments emerging proposal and consider alternative viewpoints and priorities for the area.

Accordingly I'd like to invite anyone who is interested in getting involved to come along to an informal meeting at Community Base Conference Room, South Wing, Queens Road on Friday 9th May at 7pm.

If you can't come, but would like to keep abreast of developments please email me at keith.taylor@brighton-hove.gov.uk. Please circulate this message to anyone you think might be interested.

Keith Taylor
City Councillor, St Peter's & North Laine Ward