It's been a little while since we have been in touch, in large part due to our main communications man and founder Ali Hai having been involved in local elections for Redbridge Council on May 6th.
As he has already indicated, he was successful in his bid to become a- Labour- councillor in Goodmayes, and will be taking more of a back seat role in TASK from now on, which means that I (Chris Connelly) step up to the plate to take over our regular email bulletin.
The headline news is that it is business as usual for TASK. We will continue to work with the new Council, and all its mainstream political parties, as well as health and other public service providers, to generate the best possible deal for local people in Seven Kings, and we plan to initiate a number of new campaigns as the summer progresses.
These will focus on securing clear arrangements for the opening of our new, hard- fought for local library on the High Road, now expected to open around July 2010, planning for, and costing work on, long-term community use of the lorry park, whilst also working for an interim arrangement that would see it cleaned up and used for a range of creative, but more temporary, events. Like specialist food markets, boot sales or summer sport and play activity for our local youngsters, any funds from which come back into the local economy better regulating the huge local rented sector, to improve conditions for tenants and to smarten up the often shabby and neglected dwellings which reflect so badly on the neighbourhood working with hard- pressed traders to improve our local shopping streetscape, and to reduce the overall volume of fast food and takeout outlets as part of a longer term goal of enhancing retail diversity and choice in Seven Kings.
To do this, we need your help and will be starting a regular series of short supporter meetings from June. These will hopefully allow for new supporters to get involved, and will help us plan our work for the rest of 2010.
Watch this space for more detail of meeting times and dates, and do please share your local news with us as you are our eyes and ears across the area.
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