Last week we had a masterly presentation by Chrissie Williams on the Red Zone, and the various options for its future. It was a well thought through presentation, as we have come to expect from Chrissie. Here is the video link to the presentation thanks to Aaron Campbell... … [Read more...]
Feedback from Greater Christchurch 2050:
What the 2050 survey results reveal Over the past few weeks we've been asking people to share their priorities and concerns for Greater Christchurch in 2050. Here is a snapshot of the results and next steps for developing a vision and plan for the next 30 years.People want Greater Christchurch to be … [Read more...]
Linwood/Central/Heathcote Community Board comes to their senses:
It has been interesting to observe from the side-line the games being played at the Linwood/Central/Heathcote Community Board recently. A group of Board members had moved to replace the Board Chair Alexandra Davids. Considerable pressure was applied to the Board members, and this week the idea was … [Read more...]
This sort of tribal nonsense is unacceptable in Christchurch:
The members of the Peoples Choice are proposing to remove the Chair of the Linwood Central Heathcote Community Board, Alexandra Davids. Why? I guess because she isn’t a member of their team. This is disgraceful stuff. It’s about numbers and being tribal. It’s not about her skill base. If they were … [Read more...]
CCC restructure announced this week:
This week Dawn Baxendale announced her long promised restructure of the CCC executive. Next week I will analyse this but one thing worried me during the week. Chris Lynch posted his thoughts on the announcement, as he should. However, the venomous comments under his posting were disgusting. It … [Read more...]
This Week: Paul Cottam on Housing
We are starting to head toward February 22 2021. The 10th Anniversary of the earthquake which killed so many people. We want to travel down a positive path to discuss/debate future options for Greater Christchurch, and the South Island. We are now working our way through the list of issues … [Read more...]