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Staff from across our organisation are taking turns to meet and greet visitors at our new ‘Community Hub’ based at 43 Station Road.

Join us this Saturday (26 November) as the Town Centre Partnership turn on the Christmas lights for Leys Avenue, Eastcheap and Station Road with plenty of festive activities.

The fun kicks off at 12.15pm with Santa’s arrival, followed by live entertainment until 5pm, when the lights, funded and set up by the Heritage Foundation, are switched on.

Our Town Centre Consultation Team will be in Leys Avenue throughout the day, on-hand to answer any questions you have on the options for The Wynd and ideas on the wider town centre. Pop down and share your views with us.

The annual Garden City Meeting will be held on Thursday 12 May from 7pm at Plinston, Broadway, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3NX.

Grants towards sports equipment; high-level coaching costs and a popular annual road race have just been awarded by the Heritage Foundation.

Included in the Foundation’s Board recent grant approvals;

With many nationwide Town Centre improvement and redevelopment schemes being shelved at the moment because of the depressed financial situation, the world’s first Garden City has ‘bucked the trend’ and has just completed the first phase of its Town centre revitalisation plans.

The £8m Street Scene scheme - fully funded by Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation - and constructed by leading international construction company Skanska – was officially opened on Friday, June 18, by Stuart Kenny, the Foundation’s Director General.

The Garden City Meeting - Thursday 14 May 2009
The Spirella Ballroom - 7pm for 7.30pm start

Presented by Stuart Kenny, Director General and Alan Scouller, Chairman, this meeting is your chance to learn about the Heritage Foundation’s latest plans for the Garden City and to find out what’s been happening over the last year.