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I have been informed by the Council's Street Naming Section that there is a requirement for 6 street names for the new Cala development on the Scottish Water site. You can read the


guidelines for naming here: http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/do wnloads/file/1714/street_namin g_guideline So, it’s time for local


residents to get their thinking caps on so that a list of suitable suggested names can be compiled for discussion by the Community Council prior to them being submitted through the neighbourhood partnership. At this stage it is not known


whether they will be Avenue, Drive, Crescent etc. It is the initial name that is of interest, i.e. Braid or Buckstone. In general, new streets


should be named after people, places or events associated with The City of Edinburgh. Proposed names should meet one of the following criteria: • To commemorate local history, places, events or culture, and in particular any that pertain to the site • To strengthen neighbourhood identity; or • To recognise native wildlife, flora, fauna or natural features related to the community.


If you have any suggestion


for names relating to the previous or current use of the site, historical associations or landmarks nearby or indeed any other suggestions, please let me know. This is an opportunity for all you amateur historians to make a lasting mark on the area. For more details on how to


get involved with Fairmilehead Community Council, who are helping in the search for new names, you can email Norman Tinlin


at


secretary@fairmileheadcc.org.uk. To get in touch with the Council’s naming team directly, email streetnaming@edinburgh.gov.uk


Welcome to new local group, the Friends of the Braid Hills. The group has been formed for everyone who lives beside, or walks in the Braid Hills, or who cares about the biodiversity & management of our hills.


The group had their first


meeting at the Braid Hills Golf Clubhouse at the end of January. They hope to commission a


biodiversity audit of the hill & pull together local knowledge with other species/habitat data,


including data from the Wildlife Information Centre. I look forward to working


with the group in the months and years ahead in promoting and protecting our beautiful landscape.


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