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High-Tech Family Events this Half Term in the JQ!

From 3D printing to Electronics, Video Gaming to Vehicle Design, give your young ones a unique high-tech experience at Black Country Atelier’s new digital hub in the Jewellery Quarter. Black Country Atelier (BCA) runs nationally recognized, family focused, events using the latest technologies such as 3D Printing and digital design. It is offering its unique…

Jewellery Quarter Soul Food Project

This winter we're very VERY excited to announce that our head chef will be taking over one of the Jewellery Quarters most underrated venues for a run of pop up …www.soulfoodproject.co.uk/tag/jewellery-quarter/

Police and Crime Commissioner Candidates Meet the Residents

We’ve had the following notice from our neighbouring Birmingham City Centre Neighbourhood Forum: On 15 November, for the first time, the public will elect police and crime commissioners who will be accountable for how crime is tackled in their police force area. Want to find out more? Come along and question your candidates! When and Where…

The Twilight (Parking) Zone….

Just when you thought it had gone away our old friend the JQ parking debate is back. This autumn the Council is charging an extra £10 for redsidents’ permits, increasing them to £215 p.a. But since the Great Parking Reform of about 18 months ago, (bit like Mao’s Great Leap Forward, but nobody died), pressure…

Concerns over the quality of footways and positioning of dropped kerbs around the JQ

We have arranged a meeting with Amey to address some concerns over the quality of footways and positioning of dropped kerbs around the JQ. A number of ‘hotspots’ have been identified that, in particular, pose problems for wheelchair users. Some problems are caused by design and others appear to be exacerbated by parking. There is…

JQ Gets the Thumbs Up from The Urban Repairs Club

We were notified the other day of a blog post about the JQ by a couple of urban enthusiasts called The Urban Repairs Club. It includes stuff like this: ‘Onward, and things started to look up very quickly. Any sense of threat soon evaporated as it became clear that the Jewellery Quarter is a perfectly…

Saturday Working on UCB Site

We’ve had this message from Shepherd Construction: Just a short note to make you all aware that we will be commencing Saturday working from Tomorrow 29th September. We will be working between the Hours of 8.00am and 1.00pm. There will be a reduced labour force carrying out works. Saturday working will continue during the month of October…

Exciting new possibilities for making a home in the JQ

Last night’s JQNF Open Forum heard from Nick Worboys, Assistant Director (Development) from the Longhurst Group, the firm who own Friendship Care and Housing (FCH), based on Newhall Hill. Nick showed us the possibilities of a Community Led Development (CLD) project and some of the projects that her organisation have previously been involved with. These…

Olympic Torch Comes to the JQ!

Saturday 30th June sees the JQ residents’ opportunity to see the Olympic Torch Relay as it passes through our bit of Brum. At around 7pm the Torch will travel along Spring Hill, Sandpits and Parade on its way to Paradise Circus and ultimately Cannon Hill Park so why not grab your neighbours (and a brolly if…

BE Festival 2012 2-8 July

We are looking forward to BE 2012 at AE Harris and mac Birmingham. At mac you can see the winning show from BE 2011 As the Flames rose, we danced to the sirens, the sirens by Sleepwalk Collective – returning in full-length form. At AE Harris you’ll see the brand new programme, with four unique 30-minute shows per night. There’s a dinner break between…