I have been really cheered up in the last few days by the wonderful daffodils on Fortune Green (planted last year by the Council with the help of the Friends of Fortune Green) In general the local front gardens are amazingly colourful which prompted me a few years ago to set up a West Hampstead Spring Front gardens competition. You certainly notice them as you go door-to- door at Election time (which is nearly always this time of year!)However, the Spring feeling didn't last long as the day grew colder and wetter!
Weather apart though, people are still making plans and looking to the future. The evening saw the open meeting held at Emmanuel School to discuss the future layout of the Mill Lane Open Space (which will be shared between the new school and the community) and lots of bright ideas were floated to do with the pond, the "nature trail" and the play area. I attended the meeting with Councillor Keith Moffitt as well as the Heads of Emmanuel and Beckford School, members of the Mill Lane Open Space Group and other local residents and parents. The full planning application will go to Committee for decision in June and, if successful, demolition of the Mill Lane houses (at the front of the site) will start in late July. Meanwhile the rest of the site will remain available for community use.
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