GDCC Treasurer’s Report for 2020
In this post, GDCC Treasurer Alex McKendrick outlines our current financial situation and our expenditure and activities over the past year. … More GDCC Treasurer’s Report for 2020
We represent the interests of residents of the communities of Gorgie and Dalry in Edinburgh. Come along to our meetings at 7-9pm on the first Monday of every month (except January and July). Our members are volunteers and have a wide range of interests and skills; whether you want to promote a community activity or are concerned about an issue which affects local residents, we can either help you or put you in touch with someone who can! We have recently been involved in many local issues such as the potential closure of Dalry Swim Centre, the hotel and office development at Haymarket and student flats in Gorgie, Dalry and Slateford. If you want to get more involved in your community, or you’d like support dealing with the problems of living in the city (ie noise, litter, parking, anti-social behaviour, etc), then please come and join us. Everyone is welcome!
In this post, GDCC Treasurer Alex McKendrick outlines our current financial situation and our expenditure and activities over the past year. … More GDCC Treasurer’s Report for 2020
In this post GDCC Chair Joan Gordon looks back on the highlights of 2020 for GDCC, and shares her thanks to everyone in the Gorgie Dalry community for looking out for each other during this difficult time. … More “It’s been a busy year!” GDCC Chair’s Report 2020
We have been sent the proposed measures to widen pavements around Dalry Primary School from the City of Edinburgh Council. Comments should be sent by Monday 2nd November at 17:00hrs to spacesforpeople@edinburgh.gov.uk … More Proposed Spaces for People measures at Dalry Primary School
The City of Edinburgh Council is currently running an open consultation on the new Public Space Management Plan (PSMP), which will set out how Edinburgh manages its public outside space for events, filming and festivals, . The consultation closes on 23 November 2020. … More Consultation on Public Space Management Plan (PSMP)
In this post we outline some of the key areas and activities that GDCC Councillors have worked to tackle to some of the challenges raised by Covid-19 in the Gorgie Dalry Community. … More How GDCC Have Responded to Covid-19
GDCC submitted the following submission to support (with caveats) the planning application to develop a footway and cycle path link between Roseburn and Fountainbridge via the Dalry Community Park. … More GDCC Submission to Roseburn Path Planning Application
Gorgie Dalry Stenhouse Church have created a series of short films ‘An Architectural Pilgrimage of Seven Churches Becoming One’ about the history of GDS Church and the surrounding area, as part of the virtual Edinburgh Doors Open Day 2020. … More GDS Church Film ‘An Architectural Pilgrimage of Seven Churches Becoming One’
Following changes made to the layout and infrastructure of the Spaces for People measures in Gorgie and Dalry, GDCC requested the updated plans of the scheme from the City of Edinburgh Council, which we have published here. … More Updated Plans of Spaces for People in Gorgie and Dalry
GDCC are disappointed to hear about the planned bank branch closures in Gorgie and Dalry. We are concerned that this will detrimentally affect residents who rely on banking through the branches, and that this will reduce the number of free-to-withdraw cash machines in the area. … More Bank Closures in Gorgie and Dalry
The City of Edinburgh Council is proposing to change the speed limit from 40 mph to 30 mph on some roads in the city, including the Western Approach Road in our area. … More Proposed Amendments to Speed Limits on some Edinburgh Roads