David Demery

There will be an unveiling of a Bristol Civic Society Blue Plaque for Emma Martin 9 Bridewell Street, The Bristol Wing, YMCA.

There are plans by Student Roost and Global Mutual to redevelop the Rupert Street NCP Car Park as a new mixed community.

Michele Lavelle explores a practical solution to mitigate the urban heat island effect so that we can continue to be comfortable in our towns and cities.

Civic Voice executive director Ian Harvey give a presentation on the need to revive high streets and he will review some solutions and possible roles for Civic Voice.

Once again the Society is holding a Winter Social in the Watershed early in the New Year – a welcome opportunity to catch up with old friends and discuss the state of the city.

Covering around 130 hectares to the east of Bristol Temple Meads Station, the Temple Quarter project aims to transform the area into a series of thriving, well-connected mixed-use communities.

A new series of walks around the city centre led by Gordon Young which will run throughout the last quarter of the year.

A Zoom event presented by Eugene Byrne who has been collecting tall tales from Bristol’s distant and recent past for decades.

A zoom event at which Kathryn Chiswell Jones, the company manager of Artspace Lifespace, explain what ‘Meanwhile Space’ is, including examples in Bristol.

As part of our art-related autumn events, we have arranged a tour of Spike Island, Bristol’s international centre for contemporary arts. The tour will be guided by Robert Leckie, its Director.