Green Spaces in the City Centre

Green Spaces in the City Centre -Action on preserving our Green Spaces

The Lack of green space in our City is shocking, add the alarming increase in air pollution, decrease in our pollinator numbers, it doesn’t make good reading.

I have been working with the Worcester Environmental Group to identify spaces such as these to get them protected and listed as public green spaces and I am calling for a campaign to MAP a network of spaces within the City Centre to be identified and protected.

It is crucial that we preserve these spaces for future generations to enjoy before they get built on, if you have any spaces within the city centre that you can identify and think need protecting, please do get in touch!

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Cabinet Post & New Objectives

I have been promoted to the Cabinet and now hold the portfolio for safer & stronger communities. Under my remit I will take ownership of policy in the following key areas: -Responsible for delivery of Safer & Stronger Communities key priorities -Oversee the work of strategic housing, licensing & environmental health, sports & leisure,museums, CCTV & community safety and Service Managers for Safer & ... Stronger Communities and Strategic Housing I am the Cabinet link to Worcester Community Trust, Regulatory & Museums Shared Service. During my year as Chair of licensing I managed to introduce several key policies including the introduction of a cumilative Impact Zone in the city centre, the acceptance of rear access vehicles to the fleet and the delegation of powers to officers. Amongst the things I was working on were the introduction of a agreement for 'Chuggers' on the high street and was looking for an increase in vehicle inspections to increas...

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Pro-Act not Re-Act

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