A meeting of the Board of Hastings and Bexhill Rennaisance Limited which is the delivery arm of a body called SEASPACE - the Regeneration Company for Hastings - which is building a range of regeneration projects accross the Town. Ironically, I find myself on the board of the very company which will, in time, be knocking down our premises, which is a little like a turkey signing up for a Christmas Club I guess. Anyway we review the range of activities some of which are clearly on track like the creative media centre which is now fully let. The refurbishment of the Marina Pavilian continues to cause concern and is locked into an unfortunate vortex of delay and dispute. The end is in sight but not before time as SEASPACE are taking a big hit in the press over delays to its completion. To be fair some of the problems were unforeseen at the start of the project but that doesn't affect the public view that they have seen a building site for too long.
At the meetings conclusion I raise the issue of the Construction Charter. This is a Local Enterprise Growth Initiative project run by the Borough Council which, along with all the other LEGI projects we are helping to peer review as part of an Action Learning Set. I had assumed that as the company doing most building work in Hastings and as a major agent for the regeneration process SEASPACE/HBRL would be partners to the Charter - which aims to maximise the training of local people amoungst other laudable things. Unbelievably I was wrong and will be advocating for this to change. It seems unbelievably contradictoryif the very body seeking to regenerate Hastings isn't leading the way on this. I have asked for a detailed explanation and we shall see where it takes us. Surely it is the process of regeneration asd well as the final results that should benefit the local community!
Our lyric today comes from Pearl Jam. Architects - together with Nirvana and Soundgarden - whatever hapened to them - of the 1990's Seattle "grunge" sound. Here they are in full flight http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=t1CgfTOZpzU
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Hopefully as the Turkey you wont get stuffed.
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