Festivals and Arts thrive in St Leonards
This area contains the following information about Central St Leonards Regeneration:
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Central St Leonards is a part of the town where you can see visible evidence of regeneration, positive change and continual progress. Already home to a spectacular stretch of the Hastings seafront, thriving restaurants, one of the town's finest hotels and many unique architectural landmarks, the area has incredible potential.
Our work in St Leonards is all about building on these strengths and reconnecting the area with the rest of the town and celebrating its unique heritage and history. We have also developed a series of actions to minimise the impact of the recession in the local area. Details of these can be viewed on the Council's regeneration pages.
These regularly updated pages are your guide to everything that's going on in St Leonards and will demonstrate how we're not only making big changes throughout St Leonards but also a series of smaller alterations that, when taken together, will greatly improve the appearance and ambience of the area together with people's perceptions of it. These alterations all add up to a better quality of life for residents and an improved and more attractive image for potential visitors.
Our success in trying to regenerate the area is reflected in recent positive publicity in both the national (The Times 1 August 2008, Daily Telegraph 10 October 2008, Independent 7 December 2008) and local press (Hasting Observer 14 August 2008). Further evidence is the number of businesses new to the area. Central St Leonards is changing and the Council with its partners and the community has been instrumental in this process.
Our approach to the physical regeneration programme includes improvements to derelict properties and those with poor frontage to bring them back into use, the restoration of key architecturally important buildings and enhancement of public spaces such as parks, roads, pedestrian routes and the seafront. This has involved large amounts of private and public investment over past few years and the results are emerging.
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There are various ways in which the community can help shape the future of St Leonards. When there's a specific issue (eg parking) we carry out a formal Consultation which gives people the chance to express their opinions on our proposals and suggest alternatives.
You can join the Gensing and Central St Leonards Community Forum which is a voluntary organisation that works closely with but independently from the council, police, the health authority and other public services to improve life in the area for all residents. Some of their achievements so far have been involvement in the improvement of street lighting, gating of alleyways, the siting of additional dog and rubbish bins and Shopwatch/Barwatch.
You can also sign up to our e-newsletter which will keep you informed of all the latest developments.
Staffed by local volunteers, the information centre is there for everyone living and working in St Leonards. You can call in and find out more about the Gensing and Central St Leonards Community Forum, access services such as the Hastings and Rother Credit Union on Tuesdays and the Pension Service on Thursdays, collect a free personal attack alarm, report problems or issues of any nature in total confidence and provide suggestions on how we can improve the area.
The Forum runs a training/meeting room and they organise open meetings and public events including the highly successful St Leonards Festival.
Address:
Community Information Centre
16 Silchester Road
St Leonards on Sea
East Sussex
TN38 0JB
Open: 9.30am to 1.00pm - Monday to Friday
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Links to local websites:
If you have a web site which promotes Central St Leonards, please contact us.
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Please contact us for further advice or information on any matter relating to Central St Leonards Regeneration.
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This page last updated: 15/06/2009