A Community Network for Bowes Park and Bounds Green
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I'd be very happy to meet for a conversation -
As a bit of background a part-time Community Cafe has recently been established as one element of the Transition Crouch End project - Cafe Re-cycle is using surplus food from supermarkets to produce cheap healthy meals.
A UK wide network of projects, mostly artistic and creative, have set up a resources site for community organisations and individuals who want to make use of empty shops - the empty shops network website has case studies and tips
A similar approach to making positive use of temporarily unoccupied space is taken by the Meanwhile Space organisation who help make connections between people with underused propoerties and people with ideas about how to use them.
It may be that none of these approaches are right fro Bowes Park - but it is useful to consider what others have already achieved when setting a new plan.
Any one want to suggest a couple of dates to meet for an initial discussion?
I'd also be interested to meet up and discuss this idea, 6.30 at the Ranelagh on the 19th is fine by me.
Olivia
What a fantastic response. It would be so lovely to have something like The Front Room Cafe in our area: a beautiful, creative space in which to say hello to others, sit and read the papers, enjoy some good food... I would love to attend the meeting on the 19th. I'm working until 8 p.m. however. Don't know how long the meeting will be, but I shall pop by afterwards to see if you're still there...otherwise, hopefully I can catch up with the discussion with updates on this forum.
Jane
thanks Lucy. More and more people seem to want this café. Are we still meeting at the Ranelagh at 6.30 Tues, despite the quiz night crowd? I'm sure we could find a corner, or outside.
Lucy re the Ranelagh being child-friendly, you'd have to check it out. I think it's pretty laid back.
Diana
Hi Lucy
My experience of the Ranelagh is that it is very child friendly, and in fact is full of families on a Sunday, especially when they've the garden open. So - thank goodness for the Ranelagh, as it does offer something relatively nice for us locals, but at the end of the day, it's still a pub!
Jane
I won't be able to come to the meet at Ranelagh tomorrow but look forward to hearing how it goes and think it is a brilliant move
cathy
Jo Strange said:
Hi there,
I've only just seen this thread. I'd definitely use a local cafe, especially if it offered occasional events/provided a meeting place for local groups and the like. Diana, I too recently visited Drink Shop Do and could have stayed all day. Imagine something like that with the Lyons Tea Rooms frontage, it could work a treat and I'd probably try and move in! Does anyone know who owns that place?
Might a decent community cafe tie-in with Kate's discussion regarding a possible local Arts Centre in Clarence Rd? Exciting stuff!
Jo
ps. Tuesday is quiz night at the Ranelagh and lately many of the tables get reserved a few days in advance. It starts around 8-8.30 I think but even if you get there at 6-7ish it can sometimes be tricky to find a spot.
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