 REGENERATION
NEW COMMUNITY FACILITY A new community facility has opened at the rear of the Association’s offices. The new facility will play an important part in the community and will provide a variety of services such as: Computer Training
Conference Facilities
Meeting Rooms
Further news updates will be provided in the Association’s newsletter. AVALON MEETING SPACEDo you need a meeting space ? If you answered yes to either of these questions Glasgow West Housing Association can help you. The Association has modernised a main door property at 48 Cleveland Street, off Kent Road, beside the Mitchell Library, into a self contained meeting room. The Avalon Community Resource Centre can accommodate 14 people and has its own kitchen and toilet facility. If you would like to find out how you can take advantage of this facility please contact Lesley Gillespie on 0141 331 6650 or Contact Us. GWHA has an Environmental Strategy that aims to tackle dilapidated back court and open space areas. ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY Possible solutions are recorded in an environmental register. The register identifies a number of potential solutions, which include: security lighting
low maintenance planting
recycling bins
seating areas
replacement gates, fences, railings, clothes posts etc
Money alone will not solve the problems and a solutions need to ensure any improvement works don’t fall back into disrepair. Improvements are expensive. GWHA does not have funds to carry out the works. Approaches have been made to potential funders has to secure funding. Phase 1 of a pilot improvement project is planned to start in March 05.
Last modified: 19 January 2010
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