Issue - meetings

The Panel received a verbal presentation from Julia Sonander regarding EdiCitNet.

The Chair thanked Julia Sonander for addressing the Panel.

Audio Recording – 33 Minutes 30 Seconds

Julia Sonander thanked the Chair for the opportunity to address the Panel in relation to EdiCitNet, including:

·                Transition Town Letchworth (TTL) had reported on the EdiCitNet project at the November 2019 Cabinet Panel on the Environment;

·                At the time [November 2019], the Heritage Foundation had been a partner organisation on this European Funded project and Transition Town Letchworth was a member of the ‘City Team’;

·                Since then, the Heritage Foundation have decided to pull out of EdiCitNet as their focus has shifted towards their core deliverables following the Coronavirus pandemic;

·                An option paper was being drafted for consideration as to how best NHDC could potentially support the project;

·                TTL considered that ongoing involvement in this fully funded European Project would deliver benefits to Letchworth;

·                The aim of EdiCitNet was to extract best practice on how to grow food in urban environments from exemplar cities and organisations across the world; and

·                Letchworth was funded as a ‘Follower City’ to visit Learning Labs being set up in Front-Runner Cities and to test the planning tools being developed with the aim of producing a Master Plan for  turning Letchworth into an exemplar Edible City.

The Chair thanked Julia Sonander for addressing the Panel.