Sunday 14th July;
Arcola Green Day as part of the Peoples Festival will run activities from 1 –
5pm . The afternoon will start with guided tours of what the Arcola have done
to minimise their environmental impact and a discussion of their plans for the
future.
The strategic planning framework; Cllr Vincent Stops, LBH
Chair of Planning
will explain recent planning decisions on major developments in Dalston,
the modifications achieved through the application process, the limits within
which the Council operates and the grounds used to reject some of the applications
Proposals to improve the planning framework
Strategic issues (Hackney Planning Watch)
Respecting our heritage (Dalston
Conservation Area Advisory Committee)
Dalston concerns (Open Dalston, Rio Cross
& Ritson Road Residents)
Biodiversity (Sustainable Hackney)
Transport (Hackney Cyclists)
Other groups (e.g. Disability etc.)
Cllr Stops will close the meeting by saying how groups
should work to achieve the changes they seek.
Guided walks & policy
discussions. Monday, 15th to Friday 19th July
Through the week guided walks will start each evening from
outside Dalston CLR James library and end in a bar or cafe where we’ll discuss
what we’d like to happen in future. Apart from walk leaders the walks will involve
a wide variety of engaged local resdietns in each of the fields. These thoughts
will be fed through to the final meeting.
Respecting our heritage
(Bernard Tulkens, Dalston Conservation Area Advisory Committee)
The recent Design for London Dalston Heritage Scoping Report
explained the history and architectural merit of many Dalston buildings. Bernard will explain how the DCAAC tries to
protect that heritage and lead a discussion on how protection could be made
more effective.
Building our future; the evening
economy (Dan Beaumont, Dalston Superstore)
Members of the Dalston Evening Economy Forum will host a
tour around the pubs and clubs of Dalston Town Centre. Individual venue owners will explain the
roots and development of the current scene.
They will explain how it is managed, the jobs created and what they are
doing to encourage responsible behaviour
and minimise conflict with local residents. What more should they do?
Building a shared future
(Dominic Ellison, Hackney Cooperative Development)
Dalston is home to major “not for profit” providers of
shared and co-operative work space; most particularly Hackney Cooperative
Development and Bootstrap Enterprises.
This walk will explain their history, their achievements and the unmet
demand for such space in contributing to home grown regeneration of Dalston.
How can they benefit from future regeneration?
Dalston may be threatened by high rise concrete but this
walk would visit and explain how green initiatives such as the eastern curve
garden and on the Rhodes Estate were developed.
It will recall how plans to build an urban motorway blighted Dalston
Lane but were eventually defeated by popular opposition. What are the lessons we should learn from previous
actions such as the lorry ban and red route campaigns?
Dalston; From Theatre of Varieties to
Cultural Quarter (Feimatta Conteh, Arcola Theatre)
A guided walk around sites associated with Dalston’s
cultural history ending with a tour of the Arcola Theatre venues and a
discussion of the future plans for their use.
The Council has designated a Dalston Cultural Quarter. What should that mean in practise?
Apart from their leaders the walks will involve a wide
variety of engaged local residents in each of the fields.
Saturday 20th July, 10.00
am till midday
The back room at the Duke of Wellington, Balls Pond Road (provisional)
Developing a sustainable local
economy
The ideas that emerge from the week of walks and discussions
will be passed to Cory Defoe (LBH Dalston Town Centre
Manager) and Cllr. Guy Nicholson (LBH, Cabinet Member for Regeneration). They will discuss how those priorities are
addressed in current regeneration plans for Dalston. Is there scope for something like the Morning
Lane fashion hub to promote local business?
Can we do more to ensure new commercial space is appropriate to local
need?
