It’s been a busy month!
Planning permission has been applied for the whole Park, and is currently being considered. The plan submitted is here. It is due to be decided upon by the end of April. The work has been put out to tender, and prices are due to come back in the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Parks'
Montpelier Park: Progress Report, March 2010
March 26th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Parks
Growing group: meeting 25th March
March 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Food, General, Green Spaces, Minutes, Parks
We didn’t take full minutes, but a flavour of the evening is below. Shiona, Sally, Lucy, Steve, Karen, Ingrid, Esther, Simon, Danny, Chris, Claudia, David and Mima attended.
The Mapping Day on Sunday went very well, with about 30 people in attendance and everyone enjoying the walk and cakes. Many people felt uncomfortable identifying gardens as [...]
Tags:bristol·Food·green spaces·montpelier·park·Picton Square
Montpelier Growing Group Resources
March 21st, 2010 · 3 Comments · Food, General, Green Spaces, Parks
The Growing Group is currently identifying spaces in Montpelier to plant trees, fruits, vegetables and wildlife friendly plants. We welcome all residents to get involved.
As well as our most valuable resource – people power (!) – we are also in need of materials to transform these spaces. If you have anything to offer, [...]
Tags:bean·feast·Food·green spaces·growing·montpelier·park·Picton Square·resources·street·sustainable
Montpelier Mapping Day: 21 March
February 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Food, General, Green Spaces, Parks
The Food and Green Spaces Group (snappier name to follow!) met on Thursday 25th Feb for another very positive discussion. We focussed on the logistics for our upcoming Mapping Day, Sunday 21 March, meeting outside Gallifords/Bells Diner at 11 to start. All are welcome, particularly families, and we will have a variety of free goodies [...]
Food: discussion summary from open meeting 10/02/10
February 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Food, General, Parks, Projects
At the Open Meeting on 10th Feb we had a really enthusiastic and idea filled discussion about sustainable food in Montpelier! As Energy was the hot hot topic of the night we had a small group, but we’re sure there are plenty of other people who would be interested, both from the Energy discussion and [...]
Tags:bean·bristol·feast·Food·green spaces·montpelier·park·Picton Square
Montpelier Park Group AGM
January 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Parks
Happy New Year!
First, some good news. Montpelier Park has been accepted through to the second round of another grant application, for a further £50k from Biffaward. If successful, this would give us a total of £157k. The work on the Park fencing is due to start in March, and the telephone box should also be [...]
Lottery Funding for Park
December 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment · General, Parks
Montpelier Park has won through to the second round of the Community Spaces Lottery Fund, which means we are highly likely to receive £50,000 towards reclaiming the wasteground to the rear of the park. It also means that other grants may start to come through to ‘match’ this funding; we’re seen as more of a [...]
Montpelier Park: Final Design Proposal
November 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Parks
Bristol City Council has just released their final design proposal for Montpelier Park; please take a moment to review it and send comments back to bristolparks@bristol.gov.uk on their feedback form. The deadline for responses has now been extended to 11 December.
Feel free to discuss here too!
Thanks,
Shiona
Tags:bristol·green spaces·montpelier·park·public consultation
Park wins funding bid
October 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Parks
Montpelier Park has won a grant from the Community Cashback scheme to renew the perimeter fence (backing onto the Old England pub). From over 200 applications, we were one of only 12 selected following a public vote, so many, many thanks if you voted!
We are awaiting confirmation of the exact amount, but hope it will [...]
BT finally agrees to remove phonebox
October 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Parks
Residents of St Andrews Road, the local police and the Park Group have been fighting with BT for quite some time over the telephone kiosk on St Andrews Road. The kiosk has been the focus of drug ordering and delivery, vandalism, litter and is used as a urinal.
Yesterday, we had a breakthrough, and BT have [...]
