Team Harlesden 2010 advisory panel statement

Dear Harlesden Town Team member,

THANK YOU so much for attending the Harlesden Town Team official Charter launch meeting on 4th October, and for your part in helping to make it an enjoyable and productive session.

We attach below, as agreed, the draft copies of our proposed name and mission statement, and welcome your comments. We will present updated versions at our next meeting, and trust we can then agree these. A clear mission statement is key to presenting our purpose to ourselves and to the wider world, so it is important that we are all happy with it.

We were very pleased with the enthusiasm shown during the pillar breakout sessions. If you have additional issues, please do send them to us. Now is the time to get everything on the table.

The Brent Transportation presentation indicated a real possibility of practical improvements to Harlesden in the near future, and a willingness to work with us from the very early stages, to achieve an end result based on genuine concensus.

This is a great opportunity to address many of the issues on our pillar list, such as

• parking
• traffic flow
• safe accessibility for bicycles and pedestrians
• pollution reduction.

It is important that we mobilise our forces and our arguments, in such a way as to get the most out of the consultation. More on this soon.

Please send your responses to teamharlesden@yahoo.co.uk.

Thank you again for your attendance and support. Onwards and upwards.

Team Harlesden 2010 advisory panel

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Please feedback on the following items.

(A) Which name would you prefer the Team should use?

1. Harlesden Town Team 2010, formerly known as Harlesden Town Team

or

2. Team Harlesden 2010, formerly known as Harlesden Town Team.

(B) This is the Mission Statement. Are you happy with the wording?

Harlesden Renaissance Mission Statement

To improve the image and perception of Harlesden and make it a safer, healthier and more enjoyable place for its people to live - one that they can be truly proud of.

To enhance the quality and accessibility of the public spaces and places and create greater opportunities for cultural events, promoting and celebrating the town’s history and its modern multi-cultural diversity.

By working together towards common goals and making these happen, to build a strong sense of community, leading to the emergence of a vibrant, rich and coherent Harlesden identity for the 21st Century - and beyond!

Harlesden Town Team
c/o Urban Design Skills
5 Vigo Street
London W1S 3HB