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Welcome to Garforth Residents
Association Web site. |
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Next meeting Monday
28th September 2009, 7.30pm at Garforth Sports Centre.
Come along observe
or have your say, we need your support to make improvements |
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Children’s Playground
Garforth Residents Association have got the green light for a
new playground on Glebelands.
More info
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Sports and Leisure Facilities
in Garforth and Kippax.
On 19th November a successful deputation was presented, More
info
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Children’s Playground
Garforth Residents Association are in the process of obtaining
Grant Funding in partnership with our Council for the replacement
of the Children’s playground equipment situated on Glebelands
Field. The old playground equipment was removed because it had
become old and was deemed unsafe.
It is hoped that the work on the playground will commence in
March 2009. The cost of £140,000, the majority of the funds
are to come from local landfill tax monies with funds from Grant
Scape amounting to one third of the cost.
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Flood Group
The Flood Group of Garforth has teamed up with GRA and its members
are welcomed as new members of GRA.
It is hope to swell our numbers further and set up a warning
system for the vulnerable areas in Garforth where flooding has
occurred in the past.
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Concern Regarding Youths
Representatives fromYouth Services, our local Councillors and
Police are to be invited to our next meeting, which will be the
first of the New Year 24th January 2009, 7.30pm at Garforth Sports
Centre.
We would like to discuss the problem of large groups of youths
congregating, roaming around the streets and unlawful drinking.
Still a problem in Garforth and the Council are planning to take
away our only public sports centre, where is the sense in that?
We should be improving the facilities if we are going to encourage
youths to be engaged in healthy lawful activities.
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| GRA kick starts Garforth
in Bloom. |
Garforth
in Bloom Website |
Garforth Residents' Association is hoping to
set up a Garforth in Bloom group and wants to hear from people
who want to help.
A meeting takes place later this month for anyone interested
in making Garforth a more attractive town.
Garforth Residents' Association is hoping to set up a Garforth
in Bloom group and wants to hear from people who want to help.
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Chairman, Phil Dunwell, said: "The projects
we are aiming for at the moment are to plant flower beds
at the new Welcome Stones and to carry out bulb planting
in the autumn. But we want more ideas from people.
"There are 36 other towns and villages around Leeds
which have an In Bloom group and we want Garforth to join
them. It will be good for community spirit."
All the bulbs and equipment were being provided by Leeds
City Council's parks department, he added.
The meeting takes place at Garforth Leisure Centre on Ninelands
Lane on Monday, July 28, at 7.30pm. |
Garforth
welcomes its Welcome Stones. |
Garforth now has three Welcome Stones based on major
routes into the town.
Two are based on the A63 and on the A642 as you leave the
M1 for Garforth.
They were developed jointly by ward Councillor Mark Dobson
(Labour, Garforth & Swillington) working with the Garforth
Residents Association.
Councillor Dobson said: "When I was elected in 2007
one of the first things I wanted to do was to let visitors
know when they entered our community. I could not think
of another town or village locally that does not have such
a scheme in place.
"Once I had secured the funding I approached the residents
association for ideas and a public consultation exercise
was undertaken. The end result are three large bright and
attractive stones with ironwork that leave visitors in no
doubt as to where they are'.
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Phil Dunwell, Garforth Residents Association chair,
with Associaton members Shirley Raisey & Ian Forster
with Councillor Mark Dobson.
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Phil Dunwell, chair of Garforth Residents
Association, added: "We are delighted to have been
involved in this scheme. We have committed ourselves to
develop and maintain flower beds around the three stones
and are hoping to use this as a springboard for the development
of a 'Garforth in Bloom' scheme.
"We will be holding a meeting very soon and hope to
attract residents who want to get involved or already have
a garden or a piece of land
they wish to show.
"We are also seeking support from our business community
with a view to sponsoring hanging baskets on completion
of the Main Street regeneration project. Our neighbouring
communities all run 'in bloom' contests through the 'Leeds
in Bloom' scheme and I feel Garforth needs to be at the
forefront of such activity."
* For more infirmation contact Richard Gill at Leeds City
Council on (0113) 2375301 or by e-mail at: Richard.Gill@leeds.gov.uk
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