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Viable Meeting Dates (2013)
A very Happy New Year to all our members. Very briefly, some diary dates for the public meetings. Our normal meeting venue is the Future Inn at Derriford. Meetings take place on the last Tuesday in the month commencing at 6:15pm. The next meeting dates fall as follows: – Tuesday [...]
Continue reading...Goverment Letters Deadline
Well, things have all gone a little quiet around here recently, but the pressure is still on and the campaign is still in full flow. Tudor Evans has now provided us with a deadline for public letters addressed to David Cameron. Tudor has asked all letters to be in by [...]
Continue reading...VIABLE’s roaring success
On Thursday 23rd August, 2012, VIABLE campaigners handed over a staggering 37,861 signatures to the city council, the largest petition in Plymouth’s history. Over the course of the past 6months, the working group has constructed several maps showing the locations of signatures and a breakdown of UK regions where postcodes [...]
Continue reading...VIABLE Petition Hand-In
Many of you will already be aware that the VIABLE working group will be handing in the petition to Cllr Tudor Evans, tomorrow at noon, outside the Council House, Armada Way (opposite the Crown court). The group plans to have a procession down Royal Parade at 11.30. We will meet [...]
Continue reading...VIABLE nominated for inspiring volunteers award
On Thursday 9th June, VIABLE Working Group members Piran Smith, Mike Gibson, Bill Bridges, Dan Gaston, David and Edna Coles, Glenys Bragg, Donna and Nick Farrell, Barbara Fennessey, Sharon Mitchell, Dianne Hoppins, Jane Fennessy Brown, Lynn Fearon, Christine Eastmond and Andy Turnock where invited to Plymouth University as part of [...]
Continue reading...VIABLE Petition Information
Thanks to our die hard petitioning team we’ve now reached a key milestone of 21,770 signatures on paper, collected from March onwards. Given our increased presence in the City recently with bus adverts and recent news coverage, its been decided that our petition will be officially handed to the Council [...]
Continue reading...VIABLE is told of bid to protect site
The Plymouth City Airport site might benefit from council protection to prevent houses being built, it was reiterated at our public meeting last night. Viable, the group fighting to reopen the airport, held a packed meeting at Future Inn where Cllr Ian Bowyer, cabinet member for finance, was invited to speak [...]
Continue reading...Next VIABLE Meetings
Below are confimed dates for the next 3 VIABLE public meetings to be held at the Future Inn, Tavistock Rd at 1815pm as usual. PUBLIC MEETINGS (6:15 pm Future Inn): 24 APRIL 29 MAY 26 JUNE As always, please invite all of your friends and colleagues and we look forward to [...]
Continue reading...Airport Petition Form
For those who have requested airport petition forms, you can now download them directly from the website, at the address below; Click Here Please keep the petition to 10 signatures a page, one side only and ensuring that the first line of the address and post code are completed. That makes the [...]
Continue reading...VIABLE public meeting and plans.
Please be reminded that the next public meeting of VIABLE will take place on Tuesday March 27th at the Future Inn Tavistock road, 1815 as previous. Please bring along any of your friends or work colleagues that might be interested. From the link below, you can also obtain a copy in [...]
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