New Evening Times Article

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Evening Times

We made front page news on Tuesday 5 May in the Evening Times. The readers comments are very interesting too.

I hope this link works (it may be time limited)

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.2506121.0.0.php

Green Allotments Not Green Deserts

terrible situation for you - good luck with campaign

thought this might be of interest

ironic ? green deserts not green allotments

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many thanks

cassandra

from

http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/News/Archives/2008/October/temporary+parks+on+vacant+sites.htm

Thursday 30 October 2008

Glasgow considers plan to install temporary parks on vacant sites

A motion by Bailie Dr Nina Baker, (nina.baker@councillors.glasgow.gov.uk ) supported by Councillor Philip Braat, to provide short term public green space on vacant development sites in Glasgow was passed at today's (30 October) Glasgow City Council meeting.

The global financial situation has put a small number of developments in Glasgow on hold, and Bailie Baker’s motion proposed that the Council works with site and property owners, to lay grass on vacant ground to provide short term public green space on the sites until development conditions improve.


Bailie Baker said: “Although there is a substantial amount of new development activity underway in the city, it is recognised that the current financial downturn will put a number of planned projects on temporary hold. This is regrettable, but entirely understandable given current market conditions.


Some developments will be delayed, undeveloped sites will be fenced off and buildings awaiting redevelopment lie empty until market conditions improve. In the meantime, it is important that Glasgow presents a good environment to residents, visitors and potential investors.

“The Council’s City Plan 2 encourages the use of vacant and derelict land as temporary greenspace. I am delighted that the Council has resolved to work with site and property owners to temporarily landscape vacant sites to create simple and well-maintained grassed areas that will be open to the public, and also to use empty buildings’ windows for displays of Glasgow’s commercial, innovation, art and design capabilities.”


Councillor Philip Braat, one of Bailie Baker's co-councillors in the Anderston / City multi-member ward, supported the motion at the Council meeting. This was agreed to be a practical workable solution and a number of potential sites in the city have been identified.


Councillor Philip Braat said: "While Glasgow is well-placed to resist the worst of the global credit situation, it must be recognised that nowhere will be immune to its effects. This motion will help improve our city environment and will also encourage empty buildings to make suitable window space available to our universities and colleges to display student work and research projects. We should be clear that these green spaces will be short term in nature, and will be redeveloped as market conditions improve."

Some Responses

Re: Save Our Allotments By Anonymous, submitted on Wed, 29/04/2009 - 18:51 Bloody hell. Good luck in your fight against these cynical gangsters, I'll certainly be writing to my local councillors and helping if I can. Have you tried publicizing the vandalism, thefts and fires to the newspapers? People can put two and two together, and negative press has some chance of influencing the council.. The Evening Times has been quite good for publicising the NK Meadow project. I know the media are a shower of bastards, but if you can give them an angle of "community group vs. greedy developers" on a single issue like this, they can be useful. Re: Save Our Allotments By Martin O'Neill, submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 29/04/2009 - 19:13 Thanks for the support. We have started trying to publicize things with the South Side News. We will evetually go to the Evening Times, but they tend to act as the press department of the council on such matters as the M74 extension. They have also been publishing the positive spin about the council giving the property developers £3 million, during the downturn in the housing market, to re-route a road around their new houses. That's 3 million that could have saved the primary schools and nurseries threatened with closure by the council. What is the NK Meadow Project? » Re: Save Our Allotments By anonymusty, submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 30/04/2009 - 19:29 you should install your own hidden cameras. it worked for a friend of mine whose shed was getting robbed on a weekly basis. good luck, don't let the bastards win! Re: Save Our Allotments By Anonymous, submitted on Sat, 02/05/2009 - 15:53 This is the project I was referring to http://northkelvinmeadow.com/ I'm horrified I didn't know anything about this till now. Sincerely Grace Franklin Editor LOCAL NEWS SOUTH

May on the plot

We've had a busy holiday weekend and despite the forecast the weather has been good. Finally, got the potatoes in the ground and planted carrots yesterday too but that was after Robert finished his frame which had to be built, painted and covered in net curtains.....! I should have taken a picture.

Today, I planted beetroot, parsnips and turnip. Robert transplanted the broccoli and cauliflower. And, yes you've guessed it! He has a contraption to go with those too. He has stapled some netting to wood to protect the plants from the pigeons. We have also used old video tape to flap about in the wind (I would rather have a scarecrow). The video tape works quite well but you find it everywhere when it blows off or at the end of the season when you are dismantling it all.