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View Article  Friends of Northampton Racecourse Open Meeting
The next Friends of Northampton Racecourse Open Meeting will be held on Thursday 18 February 2010 at The Leicester Street ...   more »
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View Article  Play in the Landscape acknowledgements
This Play in the Landscape Project is an initiative of The Friends of Northampton Racecourse (FoNR), a local community organisation ...   more »
View Article  The play spacelandscaping begins!!!
Despite the snow, the Playbuilder landscaping has begun! The security fences were erected last Friday and the heavy plant vehicles ...   more »
View Article  Miracle Design & Play chosen as the preferred contractor
The 7 different consultation events about the Playbuilder project resulted in 203 people completing surveys including 72 children & young ...   more »
View Article  Rainbow over Playbuilder location
160 people have completed the survey with overwhelming support for the proposed Playbuilder designs. have a look in the 'photos' section for some more consultation pictures.   more »
View Article  Your chance to have your say about the play space proposals
Please come along to one of these public meetings to see the shortlisted design concepts (which indicate the type of ...   more »
View Article  Further support for the Playbuilder ideas
A number of volunteers have been spending time on The Racecourse during the past few weeks to ask people what ...   more »
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View Article  Play builder application a success!!!
TIME TO PLAY AT THE RACECOURSE

FRIENDS OF NORTHAMPTON RACECOURSE (FONR) Healthy Living Hub are pleased to announce new and ...   more »
View Article  Making a mountain out of a molehill?
Progress is continuing towards the creation of play mounds in the shape of a dragon on The Racecourse. Due care ...   more »
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View Article  Play builder application submitted
Following extensive discussion, consultation and writing, the Play builder application was submitted on time, with the decision expected in mid-June.

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View Article  Consultation on new Play facilities
As part of the Play Builders application for new and improved play space on The Racecourse, a number of consultations ...   more »
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View Article  ‘What does this park mean to me?’
Matthew Bushell is a Creative Writing student at the University of Northampton and has written the following prose about The ...   more »
View Article  OPEN FRIENDS OF THE RACECOURSE MEETING & CONSULTATION
You are invited to the next FONR meeting to be held at 7.30pm on Tuesday 3rd February 2009 at the ...   more »
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View Article  SUCCESSFUL ARROW LAUNCH PARTY!
Saturday 8th November saw the official launch of 'The Arrow' at the Racecourse.

Over 50 local residents and dignaturies celebrated ...   more »
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View Article  Public launch of the Arrow & Spheres
Everyone is invited to the public event to mark the small but significant step in the Healthy Living Hub project. ...   more »
View Article  HOME SECRETARY VISITS THE RACECOURSE
Jacqui Smith, Home Secretary, spent the morning with representatives from Friends of Northampton Racecourse and Northants Police. She was very ...   more »
View Article  Successful Partnership Board meeting
Specific outcomes from The Racecourse Partnership Board meeting on 12th September 2008 included;

-Information spheres, waymarkers & Arrow installed, being ...   more »
View Article  NBC Cabinet receive the Masterplan
At tonight's Northampton Borough Council Cabinet meeting, the following recommendations were agreed:

2.1 The Cabinet received the Masterplan Proposals Document.

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View Article  Letter from Regeneration portfolio holder published today
Letter published in the Chronicle & Echo today;

Can I reassure Chron readers that there are no plans to 'concrete ...   more »
View Article  MASTERPLAN WELCOMED BY MANY LOCAL PEOPLE
The Masterplan for Northampton Racecourse has been generally welcomed by many local people as a positive step towards maintaining and ...   more »
View Article  Welcome & Information Spheres in place........
The Internationally-renown Haddonstone company have today completed and installed the Welcome & Information spheres at 9 of the main entrances ...   more »
View Article  MASTERPLAN COMPLETED!
The Masterplan for Northampton Racecourse was offically presented to Northampton Borough Council yesterday. This was in preparation for the NBC ...   more »
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View Article  OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF RACECOURSE ART INSTALLATIONS
OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF RACECOURSE ART INSTALLATIONS

Saturday 8th November saw the official launch of 'The Arrow' at the Racecourse with ...   more »
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View Article  Positive publicity for the Healthy Living Hub
Many thanks to the Chronicle & echo for this positive news story.........please see
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/reclaim-towns-emerald-heart/Park-comes-to-life.2127766.jp
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View Article  DRAFT MASTER PLAN OPTIONS UNVEILED!
An open public meeting is to be held on July 24th, 8pm at the Open Door Centre, 147 Kettering Rd. This will be to unveil the 3 possible options for the master plan to develop The Racecourse and to get feedback about the pros & cons of these options.

If you are reading this article, then you are very welcome to attend the meeting!
View Article  Ed Milliband visits The Racecourse
Ed Milliband, Minister for the Third Sector, spent the afternoon meeting the Healthy Living Hub steering group members, plus other ...   more »
View Article  Masterplan tender brief released

The tender for the masterplan brief which will determine the future use and developments for The Racecourse is released today....   more »

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View Article  View the complete Feasibility Study here

Please open the attached file for the complete Feasiblity Study.

Please be patient -it's a very large document!

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View Article  Support from Northampton Arts Collective
A very useful meeting was held at the Northampton Arts Collective (NAC) exhibition in the Fish Market yesterday evening.  Jayne ...   more »
View Article  LAUNCH OF THE HLH FEASIBILITY STUDY

After 5 months of research, collecting and analysing data, questioning local residents, calculating the costs involved and consulting with many ...   more »

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View Article  Your Views will lead to Action
Your views will lead to action

AN ambitious plan by residents could see The Racecourse transformed into a regional beacon ...   more »