Category: Granton

North Edinburgh’s good neighbours commended at awards ceremony

North Edinburgh trio go the extra mile to support their neighbours

Neighbours who go that extra mile have been thanked at the City of Edinburgh Council’s second Good Neighbour Awards for their commitment to making the lives of their neighbours better and improving their local community.  Continue reading North Edinburgh’s good neighbours commended at awards ceremony

Green Tease: get involved in the Edinburgh Shoreline

You are invited to an Edinburgh Shoreline event at the Botanic Garden on 29 March. This is the start of a year- long project focusing on the Edinburgh Shoreline – its rich history, culture and biodiversity – with input from local communities regarding how they relate to their section of coast and how they envisage it in the future. Continue reading Green Tease: get involved in the Edinburgh Shoreline

Climate Challenge cash bonanza for local projects

Granton Parish Church, North Edinburgh Arts, Leith Cops in Pots and ELREC are among fourteen city projects to share grants totalling £15.3 million in the latest round of Climate Challenge Funding. The initiative supporting action to combat climate change has now helped in excess of 1,000 projects – and provided more than £100 million funding over the past decade. Continue reading Climate Challenge cash bonanza for local projects

Waterfront: all systems go

The City of Edinburgh Council has bought the former National Grid site on Granton’s waterfront after an agreement was reached with National Grid on Tuesday. Development of the site is critical to the Council’s plans to deliver a vibrant city quarter and accelerate the delivery of new homes for people on low and middle incomes, and the deal has been welcomed by local MSPs.  Continue reading Waterfront: all systems go

Granton plans ‘not good enough’, say Wardie Bay residents

Scathing criticism of Lower Granton Road improvement proposals
Wardie Bay Residents say that the proposed cycle path for Lower Granton Road is not good enough for the Waterfront.  The local campaigners say the proposal falls far behind the quality required of the Waterfront Promenade strategy in terms of design, scope and quality of materials proposed and add that it could be a huge waste of money if either the tram or the long awaited road realignment go ahead.  

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News from Granton Castle Walled Garden

Dear volunteers and visitors, 
Early March was welcomed by blizzard conditions at the walled garden but spring is returning and the birds singing again. The Friends Group will be hosting another drop-in Open Door noon tour and would love it if any of the garden volunteers would like to help or just come along to catch up with everyone and have your say about the latest plans for the garden’s restoration.
The garden will be open from 12-2ish Saturday 17th March. (unless it is bucketing with rain or snowing then a cancellation will go out via Facebook on the day)

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