Save Our Meadows
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Green Flag
We have heard that the Meadows and Bruntsfield Links has again been turned down for a Green Flag. We don't yet know why, but we can guess. Was it the barbecue marks? The City of Edinburgh Council has completely failed to protect the Meadows and the Links from careless barbecue users. Over 300 burn marks have been counted currently on the park. Princes Street Gardens doesn't seem to have the same problem, probably because there are staff stopping people damaging the grass in this way. Or maybe it was because of the worn state of the grass following overuse over the winter. We gather the officials are considering putting in an appeal. When we hear what the Green Flag report says, we'll let you know.
Parks Events Manifesto consultation
This is what the City of Edinburgh's Council website says:
"The first draft of the Edinburgh Parks Events Manifesto has now been completed and was presented to The Policy and Strategy Committee on 3 November 2009. The Committee approved the document for wider consultation to run until 31 January 2010.
In order to present the results of this consultation at the Policy & Strategy Committee in Spring 2010 we need to receive your comments by 31 January 2010."
What has happened to it? We put in our comments, and the Parks Department are now, we hope, noting what we said and modifying their document accordingly. In the document that went out for consultation the maximum time for an event stays at 4 weeks for the Meadows and Bruntsfield Links, which we still think is too long. The chances of that changing in this round are slim though. (See
the letter we received.) Other parks are given considerably shorter maximum times. Included in this new document is a limit of five events per year - a figure that was not included in the earlier document, and an area we may have a chance to influence. We have seen a Management Plan which gives a limit of four major events per year. We do not know what the timetable is for progress with this document. The Policy and Strategy Committee has met in March, May and June, but we can see no sign of the Parks Events Strategy on any of the agendas.
Here is a list of forthcoming events, some approved, others awaiting approval. Please note that the Urban Circus has applied for a licence for the Chinese State Circus to go to Ocean Terminal, so the Meadows will be spared that event.
Meadows Chamber Orchestra
The date of the next concert of the Meadows Chamber Orchestra hasn't been announced yet. We'll let you know as soon as we have it.
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