The main activities for environmental issues came out of the meeting of Friends of the Freshney who are a group dedicated to the regeneration of the Duke of York Gardens the main park in the West Marsh Ward area.
One of their main areas of concern is the state of the bank and the water course on the River Freshney. Weeds are the big issue. If you try and see what's going on on the river you must first get past the high weeds that grow along the bank once you've achieved that you will see that water weed is currently choking the river and causing fish and wild fowl some serious problems.
So not only does it look unsightly but there is a real environmental issue to be dealt with.
Councillor Darren Billard, who tells me he likes to be known as Daz, has been hard at it getting the Environment Agency and the Council to support him in making a start on the weeds on the river bank. Daz has also got a good response from local fishermen who have said once all the official stuff is sorted that they will help get the work done.
Once this is done it will be a step along the way to addressing issues along the Freshney and could give a starting point to join with others who have an interest. If you want a look at some good pictures of the Freshney Parkway area have a look at this site http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/freshney-parkway-towns-holt-the-life-times
There is still a lot of work to be done but it looks like a promising start on the River front.
In the Duke of York Gardens itself Keith Watkin a Friends of the Freshney committee member is keen to get a wider range of activity equipment in the park area to involve the more mature members of the community and he is currently getting prices for a variety of equipment FoF can put a bid in to small grant funds for.
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