Pop Brixton (formerly Grow Brixton) Pope's Road development

[editor]

The businesses all invest at least one hour a week to support local activities with their knowledge and skills

LOL.

 

[editor]

I'm hearing rumours about some sort of major management shake-up 'situation' arising there. Anyone know anything?

 

[Tricky Skills]

I'm hearing rumours about some sort of major management shake-up 'situation' arising there. Anyone know anything?

I'm at a loss

 

[snowy_again]

And almost a year later funding for a wider network of them:

The Community Fridge, coming to a corner near you?

To answer some previous questions about why it's located in Pop - turns out Lambeth planning told them that they would not approve a planning bid to have it installed in Popes Road.

 

[editor]

To answer some previous questions about why it's located in Pop - turns out Lambeth planning told them that they would not approve a planning bid to have it installed in Popes Road.

So it ended up as an ineffective, but generally pleasing 'we're helping the community, oh yes we are' bit of PR for Pop. Nice. Now if only they could sort out their immense debts, stop paying themselves so much and start giving some fucking money back to the community like they were supposed to.

 

[snowy_again]

Hmm, that's a bit harsh, as you've taken the success of a volunteer run food distribution programme as an excuse to have a pop at one of your bete noirs.

 

[editor]

Hmm, that's a bit harsh, as you've taken the success of a volunteer run food distribution programme as an excuse to have a pop at one of your bete noirs.

Pop used it widely in their backslapping self promotion and seeing as this is a thread about Pop Brixton, I'm quite happy to point out their immense shortcomings. Why aren't you angry at Pop's total failure to deliver on the promised profit share with the community or the way the community partners were forced out at the start and replaced by Mayfair property developers?

Two years since we started, we’re proud to be a community hub, an event venue, a space for community focused projects; The People’s Fridge and Pop Farm, and of course the space nearly 50 independent retailers, restaurants, street food startups and social enterprises call home.

...Lambeth Council is propping up Pop Brixton with a two year lease extension so that the private company can pay back loans to private investors.

Brixton Buzz reported at the start of the year how Pop Brixton owed creditors £1.65M. The original two year lease on Council land was then extended a further two years to give Pop Brixton ‘more time to pay back the loans.’

The original idea for Pop Brixton came out of a community competition to use the Council owned land for grass roots projects. Grow Brixton won the bid to help set up a community growing project.

A profit split of 50:50 with the winning bid and Lambeth Council was part of the deal for having the land rent free.

No profit has been handed over to Lambeth Council after Carl Turner Architects took control of the project from The Edible Bus Stop in 2015.

Another Royal visit for the loss making Pop Brixton as King and Queen of the Netherlands set to visit shipping containers
.

 

[snowy_again]

Well I was talking about the fridge, and only the fridge - just used the search engine to find my last post on it - hence why it's in this thread.

My opinion of pop - is not really relevant to the fridge.

 

[editor]

Well I was talking about the fridge, and only the fridge - just used the search engine to find my last post on it - hence why it's in this thread.

My opinion of pop - is not really relevant to the fridge.

But this is a thread entirely dedicated to Pop, so there's no need to be coy. So what do you think of the place?

 

[snowy_again]

I think that i'm off to get some lunch.

 

[Gramsci]

To answer some previous questions about why it's located in Pop - turns out Lambeth planning told them that they would not approve a planning bid to have it installed in Popes Road.

Have you a link to the relevant planning document that says this?

 

[teuchter]

Have you a link to the relevant planning document that says this?

Sounds like it might have been given as pre-application advice in which case it wouldn't be on public record.

 

[editor]

I think that i'm off to get some lunch.

Why can't you give a straight answer to a relevant question instead of posting up evasive shit like this? it just makes you look like a troll.

 

[discobastard]

Why can't you give a straight answer to a relevant question instead of posting up evasive shit like this? it just makes you look like a troll.

Why are you being so abusive to a poster who made a single considered point?

That’s really out of order.

 

[editor]

Why are you being so abusive to a poster who made a single considered point?

That’s really out of order.

To ask a poster's opinion on a topic in a thread solely dedicated to that subject truly is a crime against humanity. What do you think of Pop? Have you an opinion? If not, kindly GTFO of this thread. Thanks.

 

[editor]

Yah. Totes Brixton. So diverse.

 

[Gramsci]

Sounds like it might have been given as pre-application advice in which case it wouldn't be on public record.

I would like to know from snowy_again.

 

[Gramsci]

Why are you being so abusive to a poster who made a single considered point?

That’s really out of order.

There isn't anyway of knowing if it is a considered point at this time.

 

[cuppa tee]

There isn't anyway of knowing if it is a considered point at this time.

This has come up this thread before......

so......Pop is going to be the location of a " community fridge"

Community Fridge Launches In Brixton, Where Local Businesses Can Donate Spare Food To Those In Need | The Huffington Post

strange juxtaposition putting it in a "foodie hotspot"

...and management said the following

Even the people who installed it think its current location is an issue, but there you go.

I haven't seen much slagging off of Pop anywhere recently: the entirely reasonable issue of the the location of the fridge was brought up and then the usual beef-laden types weighed in. Yawn.

 

[editor]

This has come up this thread before......



...and management said the following

Of course that conversation happened before the fucking enormous losses of Pop Brixton were revealed and their subsequent PR spin machine whirred into action.

 

[teuchter]

I would like to know from snowy_again.

I don't quite get why there's the suspicion that it's an untrue account.

Is there some theory that Pop didn't want it on the street and forced it to be inside for nefarious reasons?

 

[Gramsci]

I don't quite get why there's the suspicion that it's an untrue account.

Is there some theory that Pop didn't want it on the street and forced it to be inside for nefarious reasons?

I asked straightforward question.

I never said anything about being suspicious of about it being untrue.

Your reading things into my post which have no justification if you read my post correctly as a straight forward question.

 

[discobastard]

To ask a poster's opinion on a topic in a thread solely dedicated to that subject truly is a crime against humanity. What do you think of Pop? Have you an opinion? If not, kindly GTFO of this thread. Thanks.

There are other ways to request an opinion that don't involve insults.

Pop is not for me. And it seems very shoddily run. That's my opinion.

 

[discobastard]

There isn't anyway of knowing if it is a considered point at this time.

I think what snowy was saying was perfectly. To then ask them to comment with a loaded expectation of criticism is unreasonable.

 

[editor]

I think what snowy was saying was perfectly. To then ask them to comment with a loaded expectation of criticism is unreasonable.

This thread is about Pop Brixton, not your personal opinion about posting etiquette in a post that didn't even involve you. Please keep on topic.

 

[Gramsci]

I think what snowy was saying was perfectly. To then ask them to comment with a loaded expectation of criticism is unreasonable.

Your totally missing the point I was making.

Snowy has not answered my query.

So for now no one knows if his point is a " considered" one.

There is no evidence either way if Snowy point is "perfectly".

 

[Gramsci]

definition of considered.

CONSIDERED | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary

At this time I have no idea if Snowy post is due to something that has been reached after a lot of thought. I was asking for clarification. ie evidence that planning authorities said this. Before I jumped to any conclusions about whether his post was reasonable of not.

 

[teuchter]

You don't suspect it's untrue but nonetheless you want to see evidence to make sure it's true.

 

[Gramsci]

You don't suspect it's untrue but nonetheless you want to see evidence to make sure it's true.

I've made it pretty clear I think. I'm not making any assumptions either way.

I've never said I don't suspect its untrue.

I wish you would stop trying to imply things in my posta Im not actually saying.

 

[teuchter]

So you neither confirm nor deny the allegations that you have alleged the possibility of an untruth.

Everything's clear for the future historians