Tag Archives: Environmental issues

April LCCC meeting minutes: approved

Click to download: 2015_04_20 final

These minutes were approved in the June meeting because the May meeting was the 2015 AGM – that meeting considered the 2014 AGM draft minutes.

Topics discussed included

  • Shrub Place pavement-blocking
  • Edinburgh Association of Community Councils
  • car crime
  • burglaries in Pilrig Street
  • Leith Museum/Customs House
  • New kerbside recycling scheme
  • Leith Walk issues
  • Pilrig Park

 

Leith Walk plans – bad news for cyclists?

Huge thanks to Greener Leith for alerting us to this!

Pilrig-Street-junctionThe latest draft for the next section of Leith Walk has been published.

Edinburgh Council report – City Centre Public Spaces Manifesto update

(adapted from an email from Katie Swann, Partnership Development Officer)

In November 2013 the Corporate Policy and Strategy Committee approved a Review of Events Governance. One of the recommendations was that a report would be submitted to Committee, setting out a revised application and approval process for event organisers and to provide clarity about the process for other stakeholders. This process is already defined for the city’s green spaces in the Parks and Greenspaces Events Manifesto. Continue reading

What’s the fracking problem? (Edinburgh Active Citizenship Group Seminar 10th June)

(adapted from a post on Leith Links CC’s website)
EACG would like to invite you to our next FREE public seminar:Perspectives on the potential and consequences of fracking in Scotland


Wednesday 10th June, 7.00 – 9.00pm
City Chanbers, High Street, Edinburgh

Speakers

Andy Wightman
Writer and researcher on land, power, governance and money

Tom Pickering
Chief Operating Officer, INEOS Upstream

Maria Montinaro
Campaigner for communities

No need to book, just turn up. If you have any specific requirements, please let us know at least one week in advance.

For info contact EACG 0131 558 3545 find us on Facebook and https://edinburghactivecitizens.wordpress.com/

Pilrig park tidy-up day: 17 May

When: 17 May 2015, 10:30am to 1pm

Friends of Pilrig Park is holding a tidy-up day and is looking for community volunteers to help pick up litter in the park and/or clear some of the paths back to their original cobbled edging. Please join them to help make Pilrig Park more beautiful.

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