Town Team Advisory Panel letter and note of next meeting, Monday 10 January

Dear Harlesden Town Team Member,

THANK YOU very much for attending the Harlesden Town Team 2010 workshop on Saturday 27th November, despite the bitter wintry conditions.

The walk-about Harlesden Town Centre in the afternoon, led by Atara, our Project leader for Pillar 2: Cultural Activities, provided some interesting information about the places and spaces available and the possibilities for cultural activities in the town.

With the Public Realm Scheme workshops, we were very pleased that so many of you took an active part in the discussions, expressing  your feelings and coming up with ideas and suggestions, both about the traffic flow through the town centre and the parking in and around Harlesden.

Thank you also for those who wrote comments against the photographs on the wall that showed different possibilities for paving, kerbs and street furniture.

The more information and ideas we get and the more people who come and discuss them at meetings like this, the better we can, as your Advisory Committee, arrive at practical proposals for improvement to Harlesden based on consensus agreement.

This is really important to enable us to work with Brent Council productively to achieve changes to Harlesden that benefit the community.

We will be holding our next meeting at The Salvation Army Hall in Manor Park Road, on 10 January at 6.30pm for 7pm, when we will progress the ideas further.

If there is anything you would like to add to the discussion before the next meeting, then do send us an email to teamharlesden@yahoo.co.uk.  We welcome constructive comment, but please, as mentioned at the meeting, refrain from simply criticising the spelling, or grammar, in our communications.  Bear in mind that our roles are entirely voluntary, and we are doing the best we can with no resources.

As a Team we have a great opportunity to make a difference to Harlesden for the benefit of the whole Town, but to do this, we all need to put our energies and focus into working together to ensure that what we achieve is real and positive.

Team Harlesden 2010 Advisory panel