If last week’s Council budget decision was grim – and it was – yesterday’s NEN Board meeting finally brought it home that we’ve almost reached the end of the road.
Our board of directors will issue a formal statement shortly, but we can say now that the March NEN will be our last, and NEN’s Crewe Road North office – our home for twelve years – will be put on the market with immediate effect.
There will be more time later to talk about other things, but for the moment there are two pressing issues. Firstly, to get out a final edition that’s as good as it can be, our swansong. The deadline for this is next Friday (25 February) so if you have any comments, adverts or other contributions you’d like to make – do it now! Take this last opportunity to have your say; your chance to be part of a wee piece of local history, our final edition.
And then, it’s winding down the operation, archive and save what needs to be retained (or can be found a caring and loving home!) and clearing out the office. I can’t say any of us as looking forward to that – so many memories being consigned to the bin; that part is going to be very difficult. It’s probably then that the enormity of what is happening will really bite.
In the meantime, though, it’s back to the next edition. Where was I? Oh yes, budget cuts!
Dave Pickering
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I believe that the closure of the NEN will have dire consequences for people living in the area. Where else can individuals and groups celebrate their success and share it with others. The great work carried on in North Edinburgh has acted as role model for many young people and this could only be done with the profile it was given by NEN. For me now it feels as if a dark hole is growing that can never be filled.