Luton Millennium Green #Pocketpark DCLG Green light given !
Its official the green light has been given by the Department for Communities and Local Government and The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP that Luton Millennium Green is to receive a pocket park, works will commence on Thursday 18th February 2016.
Arches Local + Medway Council #Lutonarches #bettertogether
Medway Council have been down to Luton Arches recently after are request for action in light of Network Rail activity and we are happy to report they have delivered.
Creating Local Change in Partnership
Network Rail have been back down to the #LutonArches in part to deal with our request around issues about our health and well-being, also that of the pigeons.
They have sent a team to remove the dead pigeons from the netting though this is not a permanent fix its certainly a step in the right direction and will lead to new future conversations.
Luton Millennium Green to get a Pocket Park ?
Luton Millennium Green with the help of Arches Local Big Local in partnership with Medway Plus, Medway Council, and Magpie Growers have together won a bid to transform an untended area of the park in to a pocket park. The successful bid will bring £15,000.00 of funds to invest in the park, with Arches Local planning to match the capital element raising the total to £25,000.00.
Luton Arches Day & Night
Luton Arches, New Sketches of opportunities for improvements.
We like to share these sketches shown at the recent open day they are as before to provoke discussion and not any final plans. So please share your thoughts and opinions.
There has already been some positive change down at the Luton Arches since the last sketch we hope these will be a catalyst to further improvements.
Open Day > Boards Tea Cakes Leaves Ballons + Wooden Reindeer
Thank you for those that came and made our Open Day a success and shared your thoughts and heard ours on the Arches Local Area.
We were really pleased at the great turnout and we can report that over 200 of cups of tea and coffee where drunk and over 100 cakes were consumed on the day !
Big thanks go to Magpie Centre Cafe, Medway Men in Sheds, Medway Council Green Spaces team, Kent Wildlife Trust and Groundwork and many others...
Some thoughts that came out of the day including Jaiden request for a pet Lion.
Network Rail Meet Arches Local #lutonarches
We met with a representative of Network Rail on 27th November 2015 we gave them a tour of the area and showed them all the problems and highlighted the areas that we believed were on Network Rail property.
Shared with them some of our ideas for the area and plans around the Luton Arches and how they could help and what a great benefit it would be for everyone.
Spoke about working in partnership with the Community, Medway Council and Network Rail together.
Some of the highlights we spoke about for those of you who pass through the area will be familiar with was the huge amount of cans and bottles dumped by the walk-bridge, it hard to imagine the amount there from the photo it very sizable, and Network Rail Rep was shocked at it and promised swift action on there side of the fence.
JCDecaux + Arches Local = Change
We have been in discussion with JCDecaux about their advertising hoarding towards the bottom of Castle Road.
You may recall it looking like this..