Please see notes of our May meeting.

Leeds people needed to #MakeLeeds2023 Leeds is bidding to be the European Capital of Culture in 2023 and as many people as possible are needed to support the bid by taking part in the official Leeds Bid 2023 launch photo: an aerial shot of people making up the number ‘2023’ to mark 100 days to go until the Capital of Culture bids are due. Wear bright colours and assemble on the grass in front of The Tetley.  

Free Parks Exhibition at The Mansion in Roundhay Park over May Bank Holiday.

Come and continue the conversation about the South Bank/City Centre South. A few of us were at the LCC workshop on 24 March and will share news and thoughts about that.

IMPORTANT CHANGE: LCC has invited anyone who’s interested in South Bank to take part in a meeting at the same time that we had scheduled our regular open meeting. So we suggest that LSDG contributors sign up for this. We’ll have a follow-up meeting the following week – 31 March. Cllr Blake says: It’s an opportunity to discuss, input and shape next steps following the South Bank consultation that concluded in December. Contact Rebecca Thomas Southbank@leeds.gov.uk

A panel discussion on the proposed developments on the Leeds South Bank, which promise to double the size of the city centre, with a new city park, a “Climate Innovation District” and an HS2 station. • Lee Arnell, Principal Regneration Officer, Leeds City Council • Chris Thompson, Chair and co-founder, Citu (developers of the Greenhouse and proposers of the Climate Innovation District) • Rachael Unsworth, Geographer at Large and part of Leeds Sustainable Development Group (who proposed the South Bank…

Do come and join the conversation. The BID office is in the part of the Victoria Quarter that faces Briggate. The entrance is via a door to the right of the main entrance to the big arcade. Fat Face is immediately opposite.