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Getgood Link: martin mullaney > Grants for new niche festivals in Birmingham

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

martin mullaney > Grants for new niche festivals in Birmingham – Councillor Martin Mullaney announces the Emerging Festivals Fund – which will award grants of £500 to £4,999 for small local festivals. The deadline for applications is 4th February 2010. … Continue reading →

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Getgood Link: Big Envy – Birmingham Council’s obsession with big and inability to deal with it > Pete Ashton

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | 2 Comments

Big Envy – Birmingham Council’s obsession with big and inability to deal with it > Pete Ashton – Oh dear, the Xmas lights switch-on at Millennium Point didn’t go to plan, did it? Pete blames the council being too big … Continue reading →

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Getgood Link: The Stirrer – Birmingham City Council meeting to discuss noise in Digbeth

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | 3 Comments

The Stirrer – News that matters, campaigns that count for Birmingham, The Black Country and beyond – Birmingham Council is holding an open meeting on 24th November to discuss the issue of licensed premises and noise in the area, enabling … Continue reading →

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Getgood Link: Digbeth Residents Group Meeting 7pm Monday 2nd November @ Paragon Hotel | My Digbeth

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

Digbeth Residents’ Group Meeting – 7pm Monday 2nd November @ Paragon Hotel | My Digbeth – Birmingham City Ward Councillor Yvonne Mosquito will be at the Residents’ Association meeting tonight to answer questions and queries. You may also notice this … Continue reading →

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Digbeth Residents’ Association Sept meeting and a new Neighbourhood Manager for the area

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

The September Digbeth Residents Association meeting was on Monday.  The minutes are below.  Andy Sheppard, the Neighbourhood Manager for Highgate, Digbeth and St Andrews, was there to say hello.  I’ll let him introduce himself: I have recently been employed by … Continue reading →

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Fix My Milk Street

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

The Sunday before last I was walking along Milk Street, watching a man trying not to get run over by a car reversing out of Barfly’s car park, when I almost lost my foot down this hole.  I was pretty … Continue reading →

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Ikon Eastside want to know what you’d like to talk about!

Posted on September 4, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | 2 Comments

I’ve been contacted by a lovely lady called Helen from Ikon Eastside, who are planning to stage a public event based around the Big City Plan’s proposals for Eastside around October time. To do this they would like to hear … Continue reading →

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Objections to proposal for tourist hostel on Cheapside

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

Objection Letter There has been something of a heated debate around proposed plans to change the use of an apartment block building on Cheapside into a tourist hostel.  Some feel that an influx of tourists and possible amenities with them … Continue reading →

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Application for tourist hostel on Cheapside

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | 16 Comments

Digbeth residents living on or nearby Cheapside will have received the above letter from Birmingham City Council Planning Department, inviting them to comment on a planning application to change the use of a newly built apartment block on the Cheapside/Alcester … Continue reading →

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Getgood Link: A great summer by John Mostyn

Posted on July 12, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

A great summer « John Mostyn’s Blog – John Mostyn reflects on Glastonbury and this gets him thinking about The Rainbow noise abatement nonsense, and how Digbeth could be an ‘urban Glastonbury’: The noise abatement row rumbles on but the … Continue reading →

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