Day 4- Monday 5th October

Day four in the LoveEaston house: Cabot Circus Debate!

Attended one of Pierian Centres frequent debates which examines the effects of a new retail development in the city centre named Cabot Circus.
With this development there are surrounding issues which has arisen as a consequence to the 3 tier shopping centre. One of which is beginning to shape the existing city centre retail/ commercial units as they talk about ‘ghost malls’ etc. There is an interesting study which captures the international spirit of the 59 nationalities of site workers through singing and food as a common link.

As highlight in the debate series, food is a common link between all cultures. Preparation also gets going for our 'Food Fuddle' event on Thursday night. We are hoping this idea of a 'bring and share' food get-together will bring the multicultural community together for consultations.

Recieved a stack of information to digest from Shanks ...Lovely reading!

Day 3 - Sunday 4th October

Day 3 in the LoveEaston house.

Trip to Tesco to stock up. Head over to pick up bikes, kindly donated to us for the duration of the project by members of the City Church in Bristol. Felt very adventurous cycling around!

Debrief back at the LoveEaston house, Shanks brings around some documentation on previous planning strategies in the area and community groups that we could potentially get in touch with. ProjectEaston writes up an action plan for the coming week, allocating specific jobs to each member of the team. These include, further research into past engagment in Easton, urban design precedent studies, getting the blog up and running and the organisation of a couple of fundraising events.

Consultation Postcard

Stapleton Road Fair - Take 2

Stapleton Road Fair

Day 2 - Saturday 3rd October

Day two in the LoveEaston house. STAPLETON ROAD STREET FAIR!

9am in the LoveEaston house. Bex takes issue with the crockery, treating members of the EastonProject team to an interesting take on the alarm clock.

10am - Breakfast. Time for further investigation of the amenities proved on Stapleton Road. Manage to source helium for afternoon's engagment techniques.

12am - Fair begins! ProjectEaston team don painted pinnies and facepaint and, website postcards in hand. hit the cafe and street outside. The fair included live music, amateur dramatics, food stalls, games and brick a brack. We managed to speak to many local residents who were attending the fair, finding out about the area, the good points and the bad points. Maps of Easton had been printed out and placed in the cafe, where visitors could use tacks and tags to add their comments. LoveEaston members sold drinks and homemade cakes, which worked in addition to the ProjectEaston team's efforts to attract people in to chat.

After the street fair wound up and dinner was cooked and eaten, the housemates headed out to meet Shanks at Canteen, a new and rather trendy bar in Bristol. A live ska band called the Idiot Savants were playing and quite a lot of skanking ensued.

LoveEaston Cafe - Stapleton Road