Supersize Cambridge

consortium of Greater Cambridge Community Groups

Cambridge  is growing fast - but is this sustainable?

<p></p><h1>Supersize Cambridge </h1><p>You are invited to the online AGM of the Federation of Cambridge Residents Associations (FeCRA) on Thursday 7th October from 6 - 00pm - 7-30 pm.</p><p>FeCRA represents nearly 100 community groups across the city,with strong contacts in nearby villages, and we are hearing increasing concerns from many residents about the pace of growth in and around Cambridge, and the impact it is having on many aspects of our lives. </p><p>The context in which much of this is happening is the 'Ox-Cam Arc’ -  five counties from Oxford to Cambridge that have been selected by central government for massive growth in buildings and infrastructure. </p><p>Our speaker, David Rogers, a distinguished Professor of Ecology at the University of Oxford,  has described this as 'an environmental catastrophe’  that will benefit the developers, including Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and global interests, but not the vast majority of the 3 million people in the area.It will embody a huge increase in carbon emissions and threatens the survival of our rivers and streams through over-abstraction and pollution.  It requires  huge loss of quality farmland. </p><p>What will be the impact here on our water, river, green spaces, city centre, communities and quality of life?</p><p>Residents from different parts of the city will give their views on these key aspects of Supersizing  Cambridge and the ‘growth agenda’ and the implications they have for our future.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>

<p></p><h2>Speakers</h2><p></p><h3>Sam Davies, Queen Edith&#x27;s Community Forum – Employment-led growth</h3><p></p><h3>Andrew Milbourn, Hurst Park Estate Residents&#x27; Assn (HPERA) – North East Cambridge: are we being ‘greenwashed&#x27;?</h3><p></p><h3>John Preston, Historic environment consultant &amp; Kati Preston, Cambridge Market Community-City Centre and Market: who is the heart of Cambridge for? </h3><p></p><h3>Monica Bjok Hone, Friends of the Cam – Is this the death of our river?</h3><p></p><h3>Professor Tony Booth, Educationist – ‘A visitor destination’: scoping nature for investment?</h3><p></p><h3>Antony Carpen, Community historian - Cambridge 2065 : whose vision?</h3><p></p>

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