Oatlands Leisure Gardens had a very successful Open Day yesterday. A lot of people attended and signed up for a space, which makes our argument to the developer Gladedale and the Council's "Regeneration" Department stronger. We say that they should build the proposed new allotment space (which would be much smaller) and keep the existing plots. Gladedale seems hellbent on building on the allotment space, even though the flats they are building aren't selling.
Unfortunately I forgot to bring my camera, but photos were taken and I'll post them up as soon as I get them.
If anyone is interested in seeing the allotments, email me, or ring me on my mobile: 07506867356. As Oatlands allotments are classed as "Private" as opposed to council allotments, you don't need to live near them to get a spot. You would be put on a waiting list and a lot would depend on how well we do in our struggle to keep these plots.
UPDATED: Here are some pics from the Open Day.
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Oatlands Leisure Gardens had a very successful Open Day yesterday. A lot of people attended and signed up for a space, which makes our argument to the developer Gladedale and the Council's "Regeneration" Department stronger. We say that they should build the proposed new allotment space (which would be much smaller) and keep the existing plots. Gladedale seems hellbent on building on the allotment space, even though the flats they are building aren't selling.
Unfortunately I forgot to bring my camera, but photos were taken and I'll post them up as soon as I get them.
If anyone is interested in seeing the allotments, email me, or ring me on my mobile: 07506867356. As Oatlands allotments are classed as "Private" as opposed to council allotments, you don't need to live near them to get a spot. You would be put on a waiting list and a lot would depend on how well we do in our struggle to keep these plots.
UPDATED: Here are some pics from the Open Day.
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There's so much going on in Glasgow now, it can be hard to keep track of it. I was thinking a map woudl be useful - I've started one in Google, cos its easy to use, but I'm not so keen on using corporate stuff. Anyway, a simpler, more stylised map would be easier to look at and understand, like a subway map, but that's beyond my capabilities. Any ideas?
Here's the link (btw, I've only put up a few things, there will be many more to add):
http://tinyurl.com/nnfl25
(updated link as per note below - thanks bob!)
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Hi Don
I thought the green map were using some fancy maping stuff but they use google to?
http://deargreenplace.org/#G31||1||
A lot of potential here for mapping it would be good to define an open source map
There's this one:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html
Find it difficult to use though. I will ask about to see if there is anything else
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Also, this is a handy feature you can have on your browser bar
http://tinyurl.com/
Which reduces this:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&i
e=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=55.861634,-4.267159&spn=0.086316,0.220
757&t=h&z=12&msid=103524286634081625313.00046f135afb0e300753
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To this:
http://tinyurl.com/nnfl25
Reduces all these massive urls to handy wee ones by a click of the button.
There's the schools closure map to
http://tinyurl.com/bhzqaz
Good work Ch Bob
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Hi - I have set up a Google Map on the Towards Transition Glasgow site - http://ttglasgow.ning.com/page/google-map - as far as I can tell you are limited to 100 entries per map and there is loadsa of stuff going on in Glasgow! I have also added an extensive list of organisations that are active in the city as well - http://ttglasgow.ning.com/page/glasgow-1 - may be that some sort of database/map might be the solution so people can find stuff by location, activity, opportunities to be involved etc - just a thought - keep up the good work. Cheers Neil]]>
hi neil
i'm going to take a look at your map. it would be good to get one single map going, one that people could add to. i think a lot of people would like to offer support for different campaigns, events etc, and it would be helpful for them to know how to get to them! also, it would be good for all of us to see how much is going on, and maybe see how we can link these things up as well.
talk to you later
don
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There's so much going on in Glasgow now, it can be hard to keep track of it. I was thinking a map woudl be useful - I've started one in Google, cos its easy to use, but I'm not so keen on using corporate stuff. Anyway, a simpler, more stylised map would be easier to look at and understand, like a subway map, but that's beyond my capabilities. Any ideas?
Here's the link (btw, I've only put up a few things, there will be many more to add):
http://tinyurl.com/nnfl25
(updated link as per note below - thanks bob!)
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Hi Don
I thought the green map were using some fancy maping stuff but they use google to?
http://deargreenplace.org/#G31||1||
A lot of potential here for mapping it would be good to define an open source map
There's this one:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html
Find it difficult to use though. I will ask about to see if there is anything else
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Also, this is a handy feature you can have on your browser bar
http://tinyurl.com/
Which reduces this:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&i
e=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=55.861634,-4.267159&spn=0.086316,0.220
757&t=h&z=12&msid=103524286634081625313.00046f135afb0e300753
6
To this:
http://tinyurl.com/nnfl25
Reduces all these massive urls to handy wee ones by a click of the button.
There's the schools closure map to
http://tinyurl.com/bhzqaz
Good work Ch Bob
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Hi - I have set up a Google Map on the Towards Transition Glasgow site - http://ttglasgow.ning.com/page/google-map - as far as I can tell you are limited to 100 entries per map and there is loadsa of stuff going on in Glasgow! I have also added an extensive list of organisations that are active in the city as well - http://ttglasgow.ning.com/page/glasgow-1 - may be that some sort of database/map might be the solution so people can find stuff by location, activity, opportunities to be involved etc - just a thought - keep up the good work. Cheers Neil]]>
hi neil
i'm going to take a look at your map. it would be good to get one single map going, one that people could add to. i think a lot of people would like to offer support for different campaigns, events etc, and it would be helpful for them to know how to get to them! also, it would be good for all of us to see how much is going on, and maybe see how we can link these things up as well.
talk to you later
don
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Community activist Marina Ortiz speaks at Hands Across Harlem rally against rezoning of 125th Street, April 12, 2008 ]]>
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Community activist Marina Ortiz speaks at Hands Across Harlem rally against rezoning of 125th Street, April 12, 2008 ]]>
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