Dear All I’m back! Many thanks to my Portobello/Craigmillar Ward Councillor colleagues  and my brilliant casework assistant Vivienne bearing down on my inbox and taking up local issues as they came in. Just over 100 emails left for me to deal with this time.  What a team! Yesterday I celebrated Apple Day 2021  in Craigmillar […]

“Dear Councillors and Stakeholders, This is notification that the Spaces for People measures on Portobello High Street will be removed between the 1 November and 5 November week beginning 15 November 2021 with the exception of the footway widening West of Bridge Street.”

Please see the below which was sent from the City Of Edinburgh Council regarding the next steps in the ETRO regarding Brunstane Road and Colliesdene. I am writing to advise you that we are moving to the second stage of the project consultation for the Brunstane Road and Coillesdene Area ETRO, as agreed by the […]

Dear All   It’s Thursday and Update is a day early!  But I am off on holiday from early tomorrow until late 18 October.  I can’t really believe it myself and it’s highly likely that I will still be checking emails every single day…..   I’ll miss some fun local things. October Makers Market is […]

Last opportunity to complete Porty Community Energy‘s survey on travel: Residents Businesses Closes 1 October 2021.

Dear All   Another plug for the Portobello Energy Survey:  Do you want to see EV chargers or Cargo bike rental in Porty? Do you want less congestion and cleaner air? Have any ideas or suggestions? Porty Community Energy is a group of local residents who aim to help reduce our community’s carbon footprint. We need to […]

Dear All   Tickets and printed programmes for this year’s Portobello Book Festival are now available exclusively from Portobello Library, Rosefield Avenue and you don’t need to book a time there anymore.  Just drop in. Some go fast, like free hotcakes! http://portobellobookfestival.com/2021/09/13/tickets-for-this-years-festival-are-now-available-from-portobello-library-portylibrary/   I thought this was a rather nice piece on Porty from a […]

Dear All   This is the second weekend of the fabulous Artwalk Porty and Arthouses will be open on the Saturday 11 September 10am-6pm and then Sunday 11am-5pm. Full Arthouse programme here: https://www.artwalkporty.co.uk/2021/arthouses.html   Action Porty is undertaking a large scale, community-led conversation to help shape the future of Porty. They held an in-person open […]

Dear All   If Scottish Government approve, Councils will have the power to designate all or part of their area as a short-term let control area.  A proposal to consult on the designation of an STL Control Area for the entire Council area was approved by the Planning Committee on 11 August 2021. A public […]

You have until midnight on 5th September to respond to this initial engagement exercise on a proposed CPZ (Controlled Parking Zone) in Portobello.   Please see the following link for details and where to respond. This is the key way to get your message to the council (be that in favour or against) so no […]