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Rosy’s opinion piece published in the Edinburgh Reporter
Rosy’s opinion piece published in the Edinburgh Reporter
The Edinburgh Reporter, a great local website, has published an opinion piece by Rosy. She talks about the much-loved areas of the site that people don’t want to lose and the risks of land value speculation.
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Frog March
Craighouse is a wonderful habitat for wildlife and an important wildlife corridor. At this time of year you need to be very careful walking at night due to the multitudes of frogs making their way to their ancentral pond on … Continue reading
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Community Liaison Forum Announced
We were contacted today by the Evening News about the new Community Liaison Forum that is meeting next week. We were a little surprised not to receive a formal invitation by The Craighouse Partnership themselves before the press release was … Continue reading
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Another packed meeting
Well, another packed meeting took place on Thurs. It was brilliant to see so many people there (including the unfortunate table of diners who found themselves stuck in the middle of our meeting room at the start through a double-booking … Continue reading
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What is Napier’s Involvement with the Craighouse Development?
If Napier received millions of pounds in grant funding to maintain the beautiful Craighouse site for the public use, why is it now involved in a secretive property development consortium? What is Napier’s financial interest in the development at Craighouse? … Continue reading
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Evening News Article and Site Tours Update
We were contacted by the Evening News about the possibility of The Fields in Trust‘s involvement with safeguarding a piece of land at Craighouse. As we say in the article, whilst we welcome any means of protecting the site it … Continue reading
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Petition Continues to Rocket upward – 4001 signatures and counting!
The new target of 4k signatures has been reached and smashed! The petition now stands at the rather frighteningly exact: 4001 signatures!!! Nearly all of these have been gathered on the ground locally – mainly in Craiglockhart and Morningside. This … Continue reading
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Pledges of Commitment and Support from Our Politicians and National Organisations
Craighouse is an issue that will affect green space all over the city. It is a cross party issue, so we are delighted to have received the following statements of support from Local Councillors and we will be putting these … Continue reading
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LA&P Competition closed: results this afternoon
The LA&P competition is now closed and we’re delighted to announce: WE HAVE A WINNER! Thanks so much for your thoughts and suggestions (and sorry we couldn’t reply to all personally.) But, thanks to some rigorous research from several of … Continue reading
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The Three and a Half Thousand mark smashed! 3540 signatures and counting…
3540 signatures! Well, it is nice to be able to update the website with a new petition number. After Christmas, our total has smashed through the target of three and a half thousand and we’re now well on the way … Continue reading
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