Woodberry Down Fun Day draws crowds

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Woodberry Down Fun Day draws crowds
OVER 400 local people attended the Woodberry Down’s 5th Annual Fun Day recently in Hackney, getting a chance to find out more about how to live healthily and engage in the community.
Residents met with staff from the regeneration project to get an update on works and how they can [...]

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How to play the regeneration game?

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How to play the regeneration game?
Rowan Moore
05.05.09

London has, right now, the chance of a remarkable transformation. Some of the city’s biggest, most troubled, most ugly, most intractable estates, where tens of thousands of people live, could at last be replaced.
Plans have been drawn up and decisions made. In some cases residents have been [...]

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Street litterbugs caught on film

[from BBC website]

Street litterbugs caught on film

People who drop litter in a London borough are being filmed by a council team and face £80 on-the-spot fines.
Hackney Council has employed 11 environmental enforcement officers, each who has a mobile phone with a video camera to record offenders.
Fines will also be issued to those who do not [...]

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Charity collection scam

Leaflets about a clothes collection by The Children’s Welfare Foundation are around in our area.
It appears this is a scam commercial company not a charity who collects the clothes.
Read full story: Dodgy “good cause” children’s welfare foundation wants your help

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Positive outlook for Future event

[from LocalGov]
28 October 2008
Positive outlook for Future event

Alison Ledger reports from the Future of London Conference.

Keynote speakers at the Future of London Conference delivered an overriding message of positivity for the future of housing regeneration.
The potential impact of the economic downturn could not be ignored, however. The current climate also presents a period of much-needed [...]

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MPS Crime Mapping website

Really interesting new service by Met Police, enter your N4 XYK postcode and then zoom out to see the overall situation in N4. Unfortunately I cannot provide a specific link at the moment but the general website one:  Crime Mapping website
From the FAQ:
What is the purpose of the new MPS Crime Mapping website?
The MPS is [...]

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Report Your local Problems to your Safer Neighbourhood Team

The following link – report your local problem – will take you to a page on the Met Police web site where you can report any issue that are not critical but useful to know for your Safer Neighbourhood Team.
Just clink on the Begin button at the bottom of the page and follow the instructions.

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Guerilla Gardening

Following a discussion on Harringay On Line, Guerilla Gardening sounds like an interesting experiment/experience.
Here the web site.
Anyone fancying the idea of some Guerrilla Gardening initiative in N4?
Leave a comment!

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French government learns from Hackney housing and regeneration projects

[from 24 dash]
French government learns from Hackney housing and regeneration projects
Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Housing , Local Government on Wednesday 5th March 2008 – 12:45pm
The French government has been learning from pioneering work going on [...]

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PLAN TO SCRAP RELAXED PLANNING

[from Hackney Gazette]
PLAN TO SCRAP RELAXED PLANNING
hg.editorial@archant.co.uk
19 February 2008
CONTROVERSIAL proposals to relax planning restrictions in parts of the borough look set to be scrapped.
A scheme to remove tight controls in three “areas of exception” has been awaiting Hackney Council approval for almost a year.
Areas of exception formed part of the council’s draft supplementary [...]

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