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A dream for St Hilda’s

Posted by EasternPromise on September 17, 2008 – 3:54 pm | 2 Comments

With the EASEL programme still stuck in first gear, during the July ‘08 broadcast, the Eastern Promise team decided to look at some practical projects that were on the verge of coming to fruition in the area. James Greenfield came into the studio to talk about the St Hilda’s project – enabling community use for [...]

Once in a lifetime…

Posted by EasternPromise on September 9, 2008 – 1:08 pm | 1 Comment

The Eastern Promise team were back for the July 08 broadcast. More delays for EASEL: The Community Engagement process promised for the summer had failed to materialise as the deal between Bellway Homes and the Council had still not been signed (and still hasn’t been yet).
So what’s happening? We invited Steve Hunt into the studio [...]

Easel: good magic or bad?

Posted by EasternPromise on May 20, 2008 – 7:53 pm | No Comments

The Eastern Promise team have been tracking the EASEL regeneration project for 3 years now. As they prepare for this summer’s programmes to see where things have got to now, the boys are joined by a couple of girl academics to talk about ‘whole systems design’.
See what you make of their ramblings – but the [...]

Latest EASEL: Feb 2008

Posted by EasternPromise on February 13, 2008 – 9:04 am | 2 Comments

The return of Eastern Promise.
On the programme are Maggie Gjessing (Regeneration Manager) and Peter Anderson Beck (Head of the Easel Project) – hopefully with news that, at long last, something is happening on the ground.
Next programme from a building site… where have I heard that one before?

Eastern Promise on Easel 2005

Posted by EasternPromise on February 8, 2008 – 10:23 am | No Comments

For the winter 2005 broadcast, ELFM ran a series of five one-hour programmes entitled Eastern Promise. The programmes were looking at bold attempts to regenerate whole swathes of East and South East Leeds under the EASEL initiative.
EASEL is a 15-year programme of regeneration for East and South East Leeds; a partnership between the Council, Housing [...]