Category: Newhaven

Community Councils organise Granton Marina event

Hello,

You are invited to a public meeting about future development of the Granton Marina. We’re hosting this meeting to encourage local communities to be involved in the future regeneration and development of Granton waterfront.

This meeting will be hosted in collaboration with Trinity Community Council, ), West  Pilton/West Granton CC and Muirhouse & Salvesen CC.

Granton Harbour Marina: What does this mean for Local Communities ?

Date: Monday 30 July 2018, 7:00pm

Venue: Royston Wardieburn Community Centre, 8 Pilton Drive North, Edinburgh EH5 1NF

Representatives of the company will be in attendance; Charles Price (Asset Manager), Will Gunn(Architect), Steve McGavin & John Paton (Planning Consultants), Matthew Garstang (developer’s FD) and Kevin Fawcett (owner ).

This is a free event open to public but booking is essential. We need to know how many people are attending so that we can arrange bigger room (if required) .

Please register your place online: https://gdccmarina.eventbrite.co.uk

Find this event on fb: https://www.facebook.com/events/202894207091973/

Mizan Rahman
Secretary, Granton and District Community Council 
E-mail: secretary@grantoncc.scot | Tel: 07930 183352 | www.grantoncc.scot

Today’s Wardie Bay Beachwatch event CANCELLED

Event rescheduled for next Saturday

Due to a terrible weather forecast, we have had to POSTPONE today’s event as we can’t record our important message in wind & rain (writes KAREN BATES).

Join us next Saturday at 12:00 for our @mcsuk beachclean followed by SOS!!!

Sign up fresh here: https://www.mcsuk.org/…/b…/wardie-bay-beach/event/2018-06-16 or here: https://www.facebook.com/events/653386118339741/

See plans for new Victoria Primary today

A series of drops in events are being held for the public to find out more about the latest plans by the City of Edinburgh Council to build three new primary schools. The first of these takes place this afternoon at Victoria Primary School in Newhaven.

The three new schools – a replacement Victoria and ones in south Edinburgh and the Broomhills area – are all scheduled to open by August 2020.

Both the replacement Victoria and south Edinburgh schools are required to accommodate growth in pupil numbers whilst the one in Broomhills will be built due to planned housing developments in the area.

Work is expected to start on all three schools in Spring next year with each school being built to accommodate over 400 pupils and including new nurseries. In addition, the Broomhills school and the new Victoria will have an all-weather pitch.

Members of the Council’s project team will be at all the meetings to discuss the plans and answer any questions.

The three meetings will take place:

new Victoria Primary School – Wednesday 6 June, 4pm to 7pm, at the existing school on Newhaven Main Street

south Edinburgh  – Wednesday 13 June, 4pm to 7pm, the South Morningside Primary School P1 and P2 building, Canaan Lane

Broomhills –  Wednesday 20 June, 4pm to 7pm, Valley Park Community Centre, Southhouse Road

Councillor Ian Perry, Education Convener, said: “With the growing population in these areas of the city we needed to address the issues of rising rolls. Building three new primary schools shows a clear commitment from the Coalition to provide the best education possible for our children.”

Councillor Alison Dickie, Education Vice Convener, said: “These public information events are a great opportunity for parents and people living nearby to come along and find out more about the exciting plans for these new schools.”

The sites for the three schools are: new Victoria – Western Harbour, Leith; new south Edinburgh on Canaan Lane and Broomhills off Frogston Road East. Both the new south Edinburgh and Broomhills schools have yet to be named.

 

Edinburgh College Art students exhibit work at Sculpture Workshop this weekend

Students from Edinburgh College’s Contemporary Art Practice course are set to disperse their talents across Edinburgh’s Sculpture Workshop this weekend. ‘Dispersal’, an exhibition encompassing painting, sculpture, performance, photography and moving energy, is the culmination of the students’ work over the past two years. Continue reading Edinburgh College Art students exhibit work at Sculpture Workshop this weekend

Shoreline Project update

Thank you to those of you who took the time to fill out our Edinburgh Shoreline survey, such closed on 30th April. You all contributed excellent ideas that show how much commitment there is to celebrating our amazing Edinburgh coastline (writes Charlotte Johnson). Continue reading Shoreline Project update