City Council: Granton and Pilton Connections – Improving Streets

DROP-IN: GRANTON PARISH CHURCH

TUESDAY 20th OCTOBER from 4 – 7pm

We’re working on proposals to improve pavements, crossings and public spaces around Granton and Pilton and we’d like to hear what matters most to you.

Working with you, we want to make your streets safer and easier to get around, whether that’s to school, the shops, community services or bus stops.

Join the team at one of our information sessions. Drop in at any time between 4pm and 7pm:

• Tuesday 20 October, Granton Parish Church, 55 Boswall Parkway

Cockburn Association: Manifesto for the City

As we head into the Local Council elections in May, the Cockburn Association has set out its “asks” of current and prospective councillors.

In doing so, we also set out key areas for policy and management to carry Edinburgh  forward post-Covid during the next administration between 2022-27.

Read and download our full manifesto by clicking here, then get in touch with the candidates in your ward and ask them if they will commit to the following:

The next five years will need to be about building a new, resilient future for the City.  Maintaining the quality of our streets, buildings and neighbourhoods should be at the forefront of governance priorities.

Professor Cliff Hague OBE, Chairperson of the Council of the Association commented: “We need to move from an exploitive linear economy to one that cherishes and reuses its built and natural environment and places community well-being at the heart of decision-making.”

The Cockburn discussed some of the ideas in this latest Manifesto for the City in greater detail in our recent publications Our Unique City (2019) and the revised version, Our Unique City: our future after coronavirus (2020).

We all need Friends – even Parks and Houses!

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The sun is shining, summer is on its way and life in the northern hemisphere re-emerges (writes Bill Rodger).  Among the green shoots to know about are: Continue reading We all need Friends – even Parks and Houses!