Edgbaston's "leafy streets and chilled vibe" - Birmingham Post

A recent article online at the Birmingham Post explains that Edgbaston is going to be a leading player in Birmingham's property market due to it's "leafy streets and chilled vibe" It cites the good practice of Calthorpe Estates in safeguarding the character of the area while welcoming inward investment, new businesses and new construction.

According to King Sturge office agency partner Jonathan Carmalt, .. the area is reinventing itself as an attractive new destination and serious contender in the Birmingham office market.

"Some very visible changes to the landscape are happening in Edgbaston... The shopping centre demolition is progressing and ... Calthorpe House is also taking shape - which represents one of the most significant speculative new build offices in the area in the past two decades.

Bartley Green Digital History Project

Based at King Edward VI Five Ways School, the Local History Digital Archive project offers a fascinating historical perspective of the area. It currently features the stories of sixteen local people who have been awarded the Victoria Cross.

"The key aim is to build a local history archive and to work in collaboration with our partner schools and the wider community. It is hoped to build and create an archive, which is useful for as wide a group of people as possible. We would like it to be rich in material and information to embellish our local history, knowledge and understanding."

Concerned about Post Office Closures?

Three Post Offices in the Edgbaston Constituency; Genners Lane, Selsey Road and Coart Oak Road Post Office are all earmarked for closure under the new "Network Reorganisation" plan. One Edgbaston is currently making a short film with elders who feel their lives are affected by this, which will be available to view at this site shortly.

If you live near any of these post offices; why not tell us your first name and post code or street name, and we'll put you on our project map. (below) This will help us build up a picture of how far people really might have to travel to post a letter. Email us at downtheroad@oneedgbaston.org or visit www.oneedgbaston.org/downtheroadfor more information.


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We Love Welsh House Farm!

A new website for Welsh House Farm Estate - in fact a very nicely designed blog using wordpress - has gone up today. Good luck to them.

The community project, run by the Lift Youth Trust and residents, ... is an ambitious project inspired by a local Dad and youth worker, Simon Jay. Simon and his team of active citizens want to transform Welsh House Farm estate into a great place to live by reviving community spirit; encouraging residents to help each other through structured volunteering activity, and by increasing the team sports opportunities for young people.

More "2 Parts of Life"

I loved this Quinton history video, made as part of the "2 Parts of Life" project with Town Hall / Symphony Hall and DanceXchange. Some other sequences now online at YouTube are MC Beat and the amazing Light Dance. The project is featured in the summer edition of One Edgbaston magazine.