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Lilac featured in the February 2012 edition of Smallholder magazine. If you can't read the text then click on the image to download a PDF of the article
 On 10th October Leeds City Council began their remediation works on the future Lilac site to remove some low level contamination in the soil. Once this is complete in 3-4 weeks, the site will be sold to Lilac. It is great to see the site being transformed - this is the beginning of a year long journey to building Lilac!
PAUL CHATTERTON AWARDED UNTLD LEVEL 2 HIGHER EDUCATION SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARD Paul Chatterton is one of 20 people nationally to win the 2010 Untld Level 2 'Higher Education Social Entrepreneurship Award' funded through the 'Higher Education Innovation Fund' (HEIF) for recognition of his role as co founder member and secretary in the pioneering low impact cohousing project in west Leeds called 'Low Impact Living Affordable Community (http://www.lilac.coop) See: http://unltd.org.uk/download/unltd_level2_aw.pdf
Bramley Design Preview and Membership Launch Tues 1 February, 6pm Hollybush School, Broad Lane, Bramley, LS13 2JJ
We are holding a special showcase event to preview the designs and advertise the remaining few homes. The event is just a short walk from the site itself. We only have a few homes left and there is considerable interest currently. Please come along to find out more and ask any questions. And if you haven't seen the site (LS5 3DR) before do visit it. The school is wheelchair accessible and can be reached with the 49, 85 and 91 buses. Also at Hollybush School we will be having céilidh barn dance on Saturday 12 March.
Listen to our radio interview on BBC Radio Leeds on the Bob Warmsley lunchtime show on Sat 6th November Listen here The Yorkshire Post recently featured an article on Lilac. Read it here: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/If-we-get-this-right.6607003.jp
On 24th and 25th Sept 2010 we held a public consultation day to get the views of local residents on our proposals before we submit planning permission later this year. It was a great success and over the two sessions, over 50 local residents came to the event, talked to us and shared their views. if you live locally and want to send us your views, please email us ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).
City eco pioneers (Yorkshire Evening Post, 25/08/10 http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Meet-Leedss-eco-pioneers.6491616.jp |
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