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Alex Grant was elected as a Labour councillor for Vanbrugh New hope for the Gibb Memorial ward in May 1998. He is a governor at and John Roan schools, a member of Greenwich Community Health and Blackheath Gate Council, a director of Blackheath Halls, and serves on the Greenwich Society’s public transport sub-committee and the Greenwich Council has submitted a Westcombe Society’s planning and environment committee. Cbid to the Heritage Lottery Fund for He is also on the committee of the Greenwich Housing the restoration of the Gibb Society, which provides accommodation in Blackheath for older people. Alex is Memorial on the heath, after strong playing an active part in the new neighbourhood housing panel and is chair of the pressure from local residents and borough-wide leaseholders’ forum. A 28 year-old journalist, he has lived on Glenluce Vanbrugh councillor Alex Grant. Road with his family since 1980 and went to Invicta and Sherington primary schools. “It is very good news that the council is putting in this bid, in partnership Dave Picton has been a councillor for Vanbrugh since 1998 with the Blackheath Preservation Trust and previously represented Charlton ward. A former Council and other local societies. The Gibb is Leader and chair of education, he has been a Labour councillor an important part of the borough’s in Greenwich for nearly 20 years and helped to get Greenwich heritage and has been in disrepair for chaired by Alex and including all local Theatre reopened. too long,” says Alex. interest groups. “Greenwich town centre Dave now chairs two regeneration boards, helping to The council should hear whether the and the Royal Park have received massive stimulate new businesses on brownfield sites along the bid is successful early in the New investment in recent years,” says Alex. riverside. Dave also chairs a committee looking at the ‘public Year. If so, work on the Gibb could “Now it is time to do the same for realm’ in the borough, with a pilot scheme in which has brought more co- start next summer. In the meantime, Blackheath.” operation between council departments and swifter removal of abandoned cars. Says the nearby war memorial has been Funding is being sought for restoration Dave: “The environment in Blackheath is not as bad as elsewhere, but there are still weeded and re-gravelled. of the pond, the donkey rides and the serious problems like graffiti and scope for better maintenance of council estates. Improvements to the area around the Lodge, more tree planting, possibly the “Here in Vanbrugh, I have worked hard to ensure council housing receives the gates to and the old pedestrianisation of Duke Humphrey investment it needs, get the parking regime right and improve public transport, as has Heathkeeper’s lodge are also being Road, and better management of coach Alex Grant. I think Alex is one of the best new councillors we have in Greenwich.” considered by a new working party, parking on Charlton Way. Contact us: We hold advice surgeries at Mycenae House on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month, 7-9pm. No appointment is necessary, and anyone with comments or Contents … Housing news page 2 … Connex brought to book complaints about any local issue is welcome. Alternatively, you can write to us at page 3 … Meet your councillors back cover Town Hall, Wellington Street, Woolwich SE18 6PW, call us on 020 8853 0367 (Cllr Promoted by Alex Grant on behalf of Greenwich and Woolwich Labour Party, 32 Woolwich Road, Grant) or 020 8858 4942 (Cllr Picton), or e-mail [email protected]. Greenwich SE10 0JU, and printed by Labour Party, 132 Westmount Road, Eltham SE9 1UT