The Carriageworks Action Group is holding its next meeting as follows
Date: Thursday 19 April 2012
Time: 5.30 – 7.30
Venue: Upper hall in the Salvation Army building at 6 Ashley Road

This will be an important meeting, to discuss what happens after the consultation, and how to promote the Community Vision in the future development of the site.

The agenda items are
1. Introduce advisors – GVA
2. General update
3. CAG remit
4. CAG involvement in process going forward
5. Developers Brief

Note: At item 5, to avoid a conflict of interest arising, all those people or groups that want to preserve a position where they could take part in a bid to become developer for the site will have to leave the meeting.

The Carriageworks Action Group is proud to launch the Community Vision (PDF 2.5Mb) for the future of the Carriageworks and Westmoreland House.

The Vision is the culmination of 6 months work by the local community to find out what people want to happen on the site, and how we make sure it does happen.

If you have any thoughts or comments please leave them below.

Keep an eye out for details on what happens next!

The Carriageworks Action Group is organising an exhibition to launch the Community Vision for the Carriageworks site.  The exhibition flyer can be seen below right or at Exhibition leaflet

The grand opening of the exhibition is between 6-9 pm on Thursday 8 March.  All are welcome.  It is being held at the New Gallery,35 Jamaica Street.

The exhibition will be a warm and eclectic celebration of the Carriageworks, its history and important role in Bristol’s future.  The exhibition will continue to showcase the Community Vision between 9-24 March.

For those of you interested in process you will also find under the ‘Docs’ tab the minutes of the stakeholder group that agreed the vision (15 December 2011); a paper entitled “Carriageworks Consultation 2011:  What worked”; and a paper on “Carriageworks Action Group:  What next?”  The latter sets out how the group see its role continuing in working towards the regeneration of the Carriageworks site.

We hope to see you at the exhibition.

2011 on Stokes Croft – the people’s supermarket, freeshop, community kitchen, the foodstore, the No Tesco campaign and more are profiled in this 30 minute documentary.

You can catch it on BBC iPlayer until 26 December. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b018jk2l/Inside_Out_West_19_12_2011/

A great day yesterday with loads of people voting on the Vision for the Carriageworks.

If you missed us come and find us today from 1 to 3pm at the Peoples Republic on Jamaica Street. Or have your say online.

Stop by and say what you think about the new vision for the Carriageworks. Stokes croft today until 3pm. Tomorrow 1-3 at Peoples Republic Stokes croft.

Since the end of the consultation in October, the Carriageworks Action Group has been analysing the results and developing a draft Vision for the site. We now want to know what you think of the Vision and whether you support it.

You can go to the Vision page to find out more and then give us your thoughts in the online survey.

Or you can come to one of the drop-in events this weekend.

Saturday 3 December 11am to 3pm at the Salvation Army, Ashley Road

Sunday 4 December 1pm to 3pm at the Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft, Jamaica St

We’ll be there to answer your questions and you’ll be able to give your opinion on the Vision.