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Our Full Council meeting on Tuesday (13 May) is a significant one. It marks the end of the Mayor’s term of office and the confirmation of Cabinet positions. Most years this follows local elections but as this year was a ‘fallow year’, none were held.
Councillor Ian Courts, Leader of Solihull Council, volunteers from Veolia and Aldi, and staff from the Council’s Planting Our Future team joined together this week to plant 500 new saplings at Katherine’s Wood in Lavender Hall Park, Balsall Common.
Visitors to the NEC will soon be able to get around by hopping onboard a new self-driving shuttle service.
This will be my last message for a little while, the local elections are approaching and we’re about to enter the Pre-Election Period (PEP). More about that later, as I’d like to talk first about a couple of highlights from this week.
Last week, the winners and runners up of the Mayor’s annual Christmas card competition were presented with their awards by the Mayor of Solihull, Councillor Mrs Diana Holl-Allen MBE.
Mayor met with this year's sea scout
Carers Trust has received a donation of £1500 thanks to the Deputy Mayor of Solihull, Councillor Ken Meeson who chose them as one of his mayoral charities during his time as Mayor.
This week I need to again lead with Mell Square, as we announced the start of development plans. I won’t go into the technical details in this message, you can read that elsewhere. Instead, I will expand on what this will mean for our residents.
Solihull Council has named Muse as its preferred development partner to bring forward ambitious regeneration plans for the iconic Mell Square.
Solihull's Civic Honours Awards recognising the contributions of our outstanding citizens held in October
Efforts to combat climate change have again been evaluated by Climate Emergency UK, a not-for-profit organisation who assess all the UK’s local councils and their climate change initiatives.
Changes to the pricing of Solihull Council’s public electric vehicle (EV) charging will come into effect from Monday 2 October.
Solihull is leading the way on electric vehicle (EV) uptake and infrastructure in the West Midlands. With world EV day upon us, we take a look at the exciting work being done locally to support the transition to cleaner more efficient road transport.
The Council’s innovation in ‘future mobility’ has been selected as a finalist for the Best Climate Action or Decarbonisation initiative at the 2023 Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) Awards.
It’s been rather a busy week this week and consequently this is a packed edition. Armed Forces Day, Refugee Week, and news of the impending opening of the Urgent Treatment Centre at Solihull Hospital are all to follow but I’ll start with Marie Curie
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