Coming to a space near us.
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/10301 ... cket_parks_/
'Pocket Park'
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hairybuddha
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Nice idea - And good to see Lower Sydenham possibly getting a bit of love.
Been really impressed with the standard of the work on the High St so far.
Been really impressed with the standard of the work on the High St so far.
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stone-penge
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- Location: Newlands park
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But won't encourage cyclists to stop by providing secure bicycle stands, if the high street development is anything to go by...While Sydenham Literary Piazza will offer a space to sit, read and reflect, as well as linking Sydenham Road with Home Park to encourage cycling
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Does this mean they are going to open up the space in front of Home Park with the wall and the useless flowerbeds? That would be nice.
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You beat us to it Maestro!
Home Park to receive funding for new piazza
A consortium of community groups in Sydenham has been granted funds from the Greater London Authority to create a new literary piazza in Home Park.
The literary piazza will see the currently under-used area next to Sydenham Community Library and the entrance to Home Park redeveloped into a welcoming, attractive and usable public space. The consortium includes; the Friends of Home Park, the Friends of Sydenham Community Library, Beep Studio Ltd, Rich Regeneration, Eco Computer Systems, Sydenham Society, Glass House Community Led Design, SEE3 Town Team and Lewisham Council.
They were successful in obtaining a grant of £37,500 from the Mayor of London’s Pocket Parks Programme which gives grants to communities to improve streets, squares, parks, and canal and riverside spaces. Lewisham Council will match fund the grant, meaning the project will now have a total of £75,000.
The funding will be used to cut back overgrown shrubs and install new plants and new seating for people to sit and relax. Old pathways will be rebuilt and a new cycle path will be created. Sydenham Community Library will be able to use the piazza as an ‘outdoor classroom’ for educational and cultural activities and the proposed Sydenham Community Library café will expand into the piazza so that food and drink can also be enjoyed outside. The group also hopes that the new and improved piazza will attract the interest of farmers’ and other specialist markets and encourage more people to shop locally.
Councillor Susan Wise, Cabinet Member for Customer Services, said: “Lewisham Council does not underestimate the importance of investing in our borough’s public spaces, as doing so makes our neighbourhoods safer and more attractive to use. We have longstanding plans to improve Home Park, and this funding gives us the opportunity to upgrade a vital green space earlier than previously planned for our Bellingham and Sydenham residents.”
Anthony Scully, Chair of the Friends of Home Park said: “We’ve worked hard over the last few years to turn around the perception of Home Park with the support of local residents, library users and our partners. We’re very pleased about this funding and we are confident that this will enable us to really open up the space and make the entrance to the park and library much more attractive and accessible for everyone to enjoy.”
for more information about of Friends of Home Park or Sydenham Community Library please visit us at:
http://www.friendsofhomepark.wordpress.com
http://www.sydenhamlibrary.wordpress.com
Home Park to receive funding for new piazza
A consortium of community groups in Sydenham has been granted funds from the Greater London Authority to create a new literary piazza in Home Park.
The literary piazza will see the currently under-used area next to Sydenham Community Library and the entrance to Home Park redeveloped into a welcoming, attractive and usable public space. The consortium includes; the Friends of Home Park, the Friends of Sydenham Community Library, Beep Studio Ltd, Rich Regeneration, Eco Computer Systems, Sydenham Society, Glass House Community Led Design, SEE3 Town Team and Lewisham Council.
They were successful in obtaining a grant of £37,500 from the Mayor of London’s Pocket Parks Programme which gives grants to communities to improve streets, squares, parks, and canal and riverside spaces. Lewisham Council will match fund the grant, meaning the project will now have a total of £75,000.
The funding will be used to cut back overgrown shrubs and install new plants and new seating for people to sit and relax. Old pathways will be rebuilt and a new cycle path will be created. Sydenham Community Library will be able to use the piazza as an ‘outdoor classroom’ for educational and cultural activities and the proposed Sydenham Community Library café will expand into the piazza so that food and drink can also be enjoyed outside. The group also hopes that the new and improved piazza will attract the interest of farmers’ and other specialist markets and encourage more people to shop locally.
Councillor Susan Wise, Cabinet Member for Customer Services, said: “Lewisham Council does not underestimate the importance of investing in our borough’s public spaces, as doing so makes our neighbourhoods safer and more attractive to use. We have longstanding plans to improve Home Park, and this funding gives us the opportunity to upgrade a vital green space earlier than previously planned for our Bellingham and Sydenham residents.”
Anthony Scully, Chair of the Friends of Home Park said: “We’ve worked hard over the last few years to turn around the perception of Home Park with the support of local residents, library users and our partners. We’re very pleased about this funding and we are confident that this will enable us to really open up the space and make the entrance to the park and library much more attractive and accessible for everyone to enjoy.”
for more information about of Friends of Home Park or Sydenham Community Library please visit us at:
http://www.friendsofhomepark.wordpress.com
http://www.sydenhamlibrary.wordpress.com
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Enormous congratulations. Yet another win for the energy and enthusiasm of the people who live here and actually make it a great place to live.
I am not involved in any of these projects but I am enormously grateful to those of you who are.
Thank you
I am not involved in any of these projects but I am enormously grateful to those of you who are.
Thank you