North West Two Residents Association

NorthWestTwo will be holding the first of what we hope will be an annual event on Sunday 28 June 2009 from 1 till 5 pm at Rainbow Park Children's Playground, Langton Road, off Temple Road, NW2.

The theme is planting, fun and community spirit.

We will show you how to plant a container, which you can take home to display in your front gaden to help us defend our title in Brent in Bloom this year! Free to residents on a first come, first served basis - bring a flyer with you to claim your free container. Flyers being delivered weekend of 13/14 June 2009.

We have arranged a public meeting to discuss street drinking in Cricklewood. Local Councillors from Brent and Barnet and the SNT are attending and it would be great to have local residents attend and express their views.

We think street drinking is a real and longstanding problem which contributes to anti social behaviour and crime and lets down the neighbourhood.

Meeting will be held at Cricklewood Homeless Concern, 60 Ashford Road, NW2.

We are also meeting with the Brent Licencing Officer and if you have any issues you would like us to raise please get in touch.

NorthWestTWO residents and Friends of the Library are ojecting to the proposed changes at Cricklewood Library. The moving of the Brent Archive and the imposition of a children's centre is in conflict with a Covenant from All Souls College in Oxford, who gave the land on condition that the building be used for a LIBRARY.

The plans for these changes have not been in consultation with local residents and library users. We need to maximise support and input to prevent this from happening as this could indicate a movement towards getting rid of the library in the longer term.

Having just got back from being away for 10 days I ventured over too the alltments last night and could not believe my eyes! The community allotment is unrecognisable, the earth has been turned over and rotavated, there are carrots, potatoes, peas, beans and all sorts of veg growing! What an amazing job by everyone!

Anyone who is interested in getting involved email northwesttwo@gmail.com or nwtwoallotment@gmail.com

WELL DONE TEAM!!!

On 1 October 2008, there was a change to planning law which has significant implications for us. Unless we can stop this in Mapesbury, the change will allow buildings in gardens up to 50% of the total garden area of the property (both front and back). The building must be no more than 4 m high and stand 2.5 metres from the boundaries.

This means that:

* planning law won't be able to stop a building like this next door to you

Hello quiz people!

Our next pub quiz will be held at the Crown Pub Cricklewood Broadway on the 10th June 2009 7.30 for an 8pm start!!

Start swatting up! I have determinedly fun, feisty and frivolous questions up my sleeve! Register your interest by emailing northwesttwo@gmail.com

The price will be £2 per person maximum team numbers 5 - we want names based on Cricklewood or Local Connections - prize for the most unlikely evidenced-based link....

Today the allotment was well attended by local residents and the digging has really got under way! The atmosphere was relaxed, determined and focused. The team worked hard and made amazing progress, which bodes well for the coming months as the soil was prepared for planting some fabulous vegetables. It was an industrious collective with minimum equipment, maximum progress was made.

How about a community day centred around growing our own food and eating it all together in a street lunch party? Check out www.thebiglunch.com and register your interest today! Anyone interested in helping recruit others to grow and make things to eat on the day please email northwesttwo@gmail.com

NorthWestTwo are pleased to announce that we have a Community Allotment Site at Gladstone Park Allotments NW2. The site is overgrown and needing lots of community attention, this is an extremely exciting opportunity for NorthWestTwo and for all of our residents young, middle-aged ;0) and senior residents are welcome to get involved.

Anticipation was in the air. Children were trying to peep out windows to spot hiding places only to be caught and shooed away. At the start time, many patiently waited at the gate to get in and grab their eggs. They got the rules and off they went.