We have identified 74 actions. We have volunteered to take forward some of these actions ourselves. As an example, one of my actions is the provision of playparks in Portobello. I will be consulting with approx 1500 local parents of children aged 12 and under, along with nursery providers, council officials, our local councillors and other interested parties. I am also using the forum to stimulate debate on this matter and welcome input from everyone. After that, I hope to carry out a similar consultative exercise with secondary school pupils and I will be asking advice from Comm Ed, Maggie Le May, Brian Greatorex, local Police etc.
I will also be speaking to each and every local trader, guest house owner etc with a view to setting up a local business directory. For this, I will be calling upon the experience and expertise of people like Diana Cairns, Brenda Molony and officials at City Dev.
Each and every action will entail working together with other local groups and the reason I initiated this thread was to encourage participation and to give people the opportunity to chart our progress.
The CDP is still at a very early stage but already some excellent ideas have come out of it. Some are achievable, others may never see the light of day. Other people (not necessarily CC members) could be co-opted onto the sub-group. The reason you know about the CDP is because we are consulting people and we are trying to be as inclusive as possible, but like PCATS you still need a steering group.
Now, if you would like to volunteer to take one or more of the 74 actions forward, or suggest some of your own, then I'm sure you would receive a very favourable response.Statistics: Posted by Bob Jefferson — 06 Mar 2005, 16:49
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