Roger de Haan was on the front page of the Folkestone Herald earlier this week, announcing that the
regeneration plan for the seafront - developed and illustrated by Foster and Partners - might not happen after all. More details to be released soon.
In the meantime, the FOLKESTONOMY float was enjoying a very sunny and leisurely afternoon in front of Lea's Club, with the best view of France across and many many foreign language students
hanging out on the Leas. Football was being played. Teenage fights were being carried out in public. And FOLKESTONOMY seemed to relax in the knowledge that things were fine. It's August.
I spent a few hours at Paul Rennie's Regeneration Network meeting earlier in the day, with various ideas for regenerating Folkestone involving excavating a Roman Villa, turning Folkestone into a prime venue for military history holidays, to ideas around seaside theaters and PPGIS (public participation geographic information systems).
