Thanks

Thank you for all the useful information on the blog it has been really helpful especially the links.

finished document distribution

Hi
I am giving a copy of the document to Andy to distribute, could you let him know whether you want it before Monday?
Cheers
Jo

asked/told issue

I've been told off for suggesting that Andy told you to do anything - obviously he only asked you to do stuff...... hope you are enjoying this as much as I am.

Mind maps from Monday

Here is a link to the stuff on the wall on monday. May be of some use?

http://joeychung.myjalbum.net/pages%20from%20monday/


I need to have some pages from you all soon, with the changes that Andy has asked/told you to do, otherwise I will have to spend all weekend doing it for you - I will definitely not bring in any more chocolate if that happens!

I am finishing off Lindis's pages too so there is a limit to how much more I can do to your pages. I had planned to get it printed and bound by Friday, can you all please tell me if this will not be possible? I want to plan my work for the rest of the week.

(the document was practically unreadable in it's present form so definitely needs the effort.)

hope this is clear enough, any questions?

Commuting

I for one wouldn't want to promote St Leonards as a dormitory town for London. In these days of global warming and peak oil not to mention cancer and stress I dont think we should be promoting further wastage of time and resources and production of more pollution. We need to decentralise, get local, stay ahead of the game. Helen

Conclusion

Hi, Andy your diagram and bits for the conclusion looked great! I think that the regeneration/ investment in St. leonard's Gardens perhaps should be a 4th stage? ..emphasising that regeneration and investment in gardens can attract visitors and inhabitants and make investors interested.

Also, why it is worth investing in St. leonards:
There are housing problems in the south east, while properties are empty in St. leonards and Hastings. St. L is at a commutable distance to London, although the A 21 needs to be widened. With this done, in addition to regeneration, St. Leonards could be a prime location for people to move, relieving some of the housing problems in towns closer to London. Burton chose St. l as an ideal location for investment, because of climate, the sea, good views, etc. this is still vallid today, + the great architectural heritage is another bonus.

Hope this is of some help, sorry it is so late, I have not been very well in the last week. How did the draft go down yesterday?

Lindis

Aims of St Leonards Gardens, Conclusion

I have just spoken to Jane Dodson, the Community Development Officer for St Ls Gardens.

She has a plan for involving the public more in the gardens. Bear in mind that the gardens don't officially open until June 2008.

Along with the St L Burton Soc they are having a permanent historic interpretation exhibition in South Lodge which will be manned by locals. The resources for this will come from the Hastings Art Gallery and Museum who hold the archives of Burton's designs and books of his watercolours. Has anyone looked at these? (The museum is behind White Rock Theatre)

South Lodge will also provide facilities for groups such as children on nature trails, childrens play, tai chi and other health pursuits such as walks and jogging. They hope to do events with Royal Vic Hotel and Assembly Rooms involving artists, musicians; furniture, sound and light, installations which are forward looking but also reference the past.

There is an audience development plan to attract the public; locals, friends and visitors and tourists. They will use the 2 notice boards in the park, comission a local artist (who has done Old Town and Warror Sq) to do an interpretation board at Marina Pavillion, the new public building on the sea front, with a variety of leaflets. An important barrier to overcome are the 2 lodges which still act like gates. There will also be signs at Warrior Sq train station.

Thought this might be useful for conclusion.

Contacts: Jane Dodson, community Development Officer, St Ls Gardens, jdodson@hastings.gov.uk, 01424 451071, 07968004839
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
Burton St Leonards Society, Christine Francis sec. 01424 421207

Helen