August 2010 Blog Posts (7)

I am really pleased that residents have begun to comment about how they want to see their villages to develop.

Few people have actually given any thought to what the villages may look like in the next 10 years. Planners seem to have their own policy 'Bung in another 50 houses' Speculative builders know they will sell four or five bedroom detached houses with no view about the impact on the villages. Personally, I think many want the villages just to be huge housing estates on…

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Having recently attended the latest meeting at Deacon's Acadmy I found there was little about Peterborough's rural areas. Nearly 20% of the city's population live in the rural areas but not even the maps on show showed this area.

Villagers often feel divorced from the city and see little of any benefit coming from the city. Villages insist on the postal addresses having Stamford rather than Peterborough.

More attention needs to be directed to the needs of these…

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Hi all,

I've just been forwarded this information on a project that Mass Observation are running. See below. Could be useful for anyone out there interested in sharing their memories and stories about life in Peterborough:

The MOCO project (www.mocoproject.org.uk) is inviting community groups to participate in an exciting nation-wide history-making… Continue

Where do you see yourself in five years? Married? Divorced? New job? Children? Promoted? New home? Moved to another country?

You…

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Here is the introduction booklet for the Citizen Power programme; I haven't yet managed to get it to display in a "Scribd" box, but you should be able to download it ok: Citizen Power Peterborough Introduction Booklet.pdf

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Dear all,

A quick note to remind all Citizen Power members that there is no Fellows Network being held in August. With holidays and school breaks, we felt it best to have a 'fallow' month... The Fellows Networks will return in September - as usual being held on the third Monday of every month from 5.30pm at the Great Northern Hotel.

I look forward to seeing as many of…

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As many of you will know, there was a great opportunity at the Citizen Power launch to make a pledge based on the following statement:

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