Tag Archives: Connecting Bristol

Lost and found? Or buried?

Posted on March 10, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Update on Friday’s blog about this mysterious missing public consultation into this unusual sale of protected public park land at Greenbank, engineered for Merchant Venturer George Ferguson’s personal benefit by council planning boss David Bishop. Now new Lib Dem transport … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol and Bath Railway Path, Bristol East, CONsultants, Developments, Easton, Environment, Knowle, Local government, Merchant Venturers, Politics, Twitter | Tagged , , , , , | There are 18 comments

This sounds like good value

Posted on November 6, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Connecting Bristol and Vowlsie are reporting that Bristol has been chosen as the only city in the UK to be short-listed for the European Green Capital Award. Shit. If this place is the greenest city in Europe we really are … Continue reading →

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Bristol bloggers galore!!!

Posted on March 11, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Looks like the city’s digital quango, Connecting Bristol, have called in the professionals to show us how this blogging lark should be done. “Announcing the Connecting Bristol Bloggers,” trumpets the website. “A series of Special Guest Bloggers will be contributing … Continue reading →

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New sweatshop plan for the city's poor

Posted on December 16, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

After twenty years of failed regeneration wonkery attempting to solve inequality in the city through a bizarre combination of obsessive equal opportunity practice and small-scale community action and six years of Kelly and his culture crowd promising action on inequality … Continue reading →

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