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Tell us your ideas for the future of Harlesden!

March 18, 2010

Please join us for a two-day workshop on Friday 19 March and Saturday 20 March to help us plan how Harlesden will change in the coming years. The work developed during the two-day workshop will form the basis for a vision document for the area: the Harlesden Town Charter.
Please drop in the Salvation Army Hall on 32 Manor Park Road, Harlesden at any time, or join us both days.

Your input will help develop big plans for the area, which will cover a range of topics, including connections to the wider area and a new heart for the town centre. In addition, we will look at traffic and congestion, safer streets, quality of public spaces, how to green the town centre, and business development and mix of uses.

Please encourage friends, family, concerned residents and business owners to get involved and create a plan for Harlesden – by forwarding this email – and join us for:

Workshop 1: the BIG picture
Friday 19th March from 10am – 5pm

Workshop 2: key themes
Saturday 20th March from 10am – 4pm

Summary presentation
Saturday 20th March from 6 – 7pm

The workshops and summary presentation will be held at the Salvation Army Hall, 32 Manor Park Road, Harlesden, NW10 4JJ. The format of the two-day workshop has been developed following two community meetings (notes can be found at http://harlesdentown.blogspot.com). The event is being organised by Urban Design Skills, on behalf of Brent Council and Transport for London

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Clean this filthy station

March 17, 2010

A petition was signed by over 200 people who are demanding the filthy approach to Willesden Junction station is cleaned up.

Residents say they are sick of the dilapidated state of the road, the ownership of which had long been disputed.

After a Chronicle investigation last month, it was established the land, which falls in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, is the responsibility of the Network Rail.

And last week, a group of residents, led by the Keep Harlesden Clean group, clubbed together to crank up the pressure on Network Rail by gathering signatures. They will present the petition to the council.

Keep Harlesden Clean’s Hayley Borg said:”Willesden Junction has been a thorn in many residents’ eyes for a long time. There is rubbish everywhere on the embankment, the road is falling apart, and so is the pavement. It is unsafe, looks awful and is just not a very welcoming environment.

“Brent council, with the help of an outside organisation and residents of the area, is currently developing a vision for Harlesden and we believe Willesden Junction must be part of this vision. Something must be done sooner rather than later. Network Rail should not be allowed to get away with this once again. Harlesden just deserves better.”

Network Rail pledged to take action on the site in the future. (source: www.fulhamchronicle.co.uk)

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Wilesden Junction petition to Brent council, Hammersmith & Fulham council and Network RailShare

March 11, 2010

As the gateway to Harlesden the state of Willesden Junction Station is a severe disappointment. For many years it has been in a state of neglect, with rubbish everywhere and the station approach full of pot holes. We residents are sick of commuting to and from such an awful station and so have organised a petition to Brent council, Hammersmith & Fulham council and Network Rail (all of who own parts of the station) to take immediate co-ordinated action to improve and then maintain the station environment.

We will be at the station this Thursday between 5 – 6pm getting signatures and have invited several local newspapers and have the support of the local police. Your support for our cause would be much appreciated and so we’d like to invite you to come down and sign our petition.

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