Acocks Green Focus Group (of which I am a member) is celebrating its 10th Anniversary with a party at Acocks Green Costa Coffee on Friday 5th September. The Party will run from 5.30pm to 7pm and will include entertainment from Folk Acoustic Duo Annie and Bob James. There is no charge for admission and Costa’s range of coffee and cakes will be on sale as normal.

The Focus Group started with a successful campaign to save the famous grassed traffic island at the heart of Acocks Green Village, when there were proposals to reduce its size to accommodate changes to bus routes. 10 years later and work is about to begin on improvements to the Warwick Road between Station Road and Dolphin Lane – improvements which the Focus Group have been prominent in pushing for, while still challenging the Council on some of the details of the design. Meanwhile we await the (hopefully) formal approval of a key project supported by the Group – the development of a Conservation Area for Acocks Green, which received overwhelming support from residents back in March.

For more details on the Party click here. I hope to see you on the 5th