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On Wednesday 28 November 2012 the TEN Group met at The Building Centre board room at 6pm and discussed lessons from Paris.  Using a power point presentation (attached) delegates summarized the various aspects of the tour to those who were unable to attend.  Nicholas Falk kicked off the evening by answering, 'why to visit Paris in the first place?'.  Stephen Tapper gave an over view of the two days, followed by Mark Lucas who described in detail Paris Rive Gauche and what aspects could be transferred to central London.  Pat Hayes gave a detailed description of St Denis, an area that he knew

Have you ever been to Contact? If so, please take 5 minutes to fill in this short questionnaire about how to improve the building's external appearance and interior layout.

You could be in with a chance of winning one of 5 pairs of tickets to see Contact Young Actors Company brilliant new show, Runaway Shadows on 13-15th December. The survey runs till12th December when winners will be emailed - good luck!

There is a consultation event on Tuesday 27th November from 12-3pm at The Meadows One Stop Shop in the Bridgeway Shopping Centre and from 4-7pm at The Embankment. Representatives of the developers, their design team and the council will be on hand to answer questions.

For details contact Sangeetha at URBED or ring 0161 200 5500.  

On October 26th the TEN Group were joined  by planners from Norwich, Cambridge, and Peterborough, as well as London. We examined the progress in meeting zero carbon objectives at the New England Quarter in Brighton (which URBED masterplanned) and Graylingwell Park in Chichester, one of the members of the Sustainable Urban Neighbourhoods Network. The visit confirmed the importance of matching the standards and practices to the location, and of adopting appropriate parking policies.

Following a lot of intensive work over the summer by all involved, the first phase of works at 199 Oakfield Road is now complete! This mini-fit out has given us the luxury of a space for meetings and workshops that the wind doesn't blow through (and even some plush new indoor loos). The works involved creating a new opening between the shop and the kitchen - so when the building is back in use as a bakery full time, customers can see where their bread has been baked.