COMMUNITY MEETING 5/2/19

Less than a week to go till the next Community/business meeting.
Hopefully you have told your friends/colleagues /neighbours. Put it on your website/facebook page. Businesses need to attend. What happens in Waterlooville DOES AFFECT YOU!
Easy to think that you don't need to go because someone else will, or it will make no difference. The answer is someone else might NOT turn up. If nobody turns up then it will make no difference as the council will believe that nobody is interested. Just by showing up in numbers will get the message to the council that PEOPLE OF WATERLOOVILLE DO CARE ABOUT THEIR TOWN.
All local ward and county councillors have been invited. Cllr Tim Pike will be there to to talk about the local plan that is about to go out for consultation, and will involve Waterlooville. Have you seen it??
Local plan

He will also have some feedback on issues highlighted at the last meeting as well as updates on progress on developments in town centre.
The following have been requested to go on the agenda:
Development of old post office??
Eastleigh has kerbside food waste collection as well as glass and batteries. Could Havant do the same?
Have you any other items you would like discussed?

PARK WOOD IN DANGER

This wood could be lost to the community if the Woodland Trust get their way! Many people know of Park Wood. A small wood which is found on the London Road between Wallis Road and Queens Road, opposite Queens Enclosure. It is a Woodland Trust Wood. They took it over nearly 30 years ago and for the first 10 years they virtually ignored it. It became shadowed with Sycamore and laurel. It became waterlogged. It became dark and dangerous with litter, junkies, used needles, fires and in fact people were attacked in there. Not a place you wanted to enter. Then the Friends of Park Wood were formed and for nearly 20 years the friends (consisting of local residents) have maintained the wood always following a management plan as written by the Woodland Trust. The wood was transformed to what it is today. A place where you can walk. Schools use it to teach children about the environment. The blue...

FESTIVE LIGHTS, NONE FOR WATERLOOVILLE!

Some of you may have read previous blogs as I have tried to work my way through the bureaucracy of licensing and installation for festive lights in the town centre. In fairness the paperwork has been easier (was started in JUNE!) mainly because a lovely lady called Katie in Havant Borough Council has been helping me. So why am I saying there will be no festive lights in Waterlooville this year? Scottish and Southern Electrics SSE!! We have to get permission to hang the motifs from their lighting columns (also know as lamp posts!) To do that we have to get an installer approved by them!! Our installer from last year retired and we had to find a new one. To hang, plug in and flick a switch on 8 motifs, put the lights in the Xmas tree, plug in and flick a switch, and also hang some battery powered lights in the trees (and remove) Our first quote COST £3500 Which we felt was excessive. We did find a local installer, Cl...

WATERLOOVILLE in BLOOM WINNER

Waterlooville in Bloom was won by Waterlooville Community Centre with their fantastic display. Kelly Tice a volunteer from the Waterlooville Events Team can be seen presenting the trophy. Today's first engagement for the Mayor of Havant was the judging of the Waterlooville in Bloom competition. Starting at the Waterlooville Community Centre, and accompanied by Waterlooville Events Team volunteer Kelly Tice, they walked around Waterlooville town centre looking at the entries submitted by several of the shops and businesses in the area. There were some really good entries this year but, in the end, it was decided that the recipient of this year's award was the Waterlooville Community Association for their very colourful display.

Waterlooville Events Team

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