Olympic Regeneration for Newham
From:
Mike Law
Date:
Jul 06 22:56 UTC
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Nothing to do with the Olympics but I thought these might be of interest:
http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/content/newham/recorder/news/story.aspx?brand=RECOnline&category=newsNEWHAM&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsnewham&itemid=WeED04%20Jul%202008%2018%3A02%3A32%3A950
http://www.londonsleadingedge.co.uk/news.html
The Recorder article on the Canning Town regeneration reminded me of the fact
that, be it a good thing for the area or not (I suspect that the good will
outweigh the bad), I still don't understand how it is going to be of benefit to
local people. New jobs - Do local people have the right skills-set for the jobs
that may be created? New homes - Will local people be able to afford them? Does
anyone who reads this have any answers?
On building 1000: I couldn't find anything on the site which indicates that
Newham Council will be moving in, let alone purchased the site.
And a question arises regarding this purchase: how much has the site
depreciated in value from the original £75 million that was spent on it?
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