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Dec 11, 20194 min read

Heated Hastings Hustings

#ChrisConnelley looks back on the Hastings Independent Press hustings, which he moderated. Hustings are a strange beast. Intended to...

Coastal Action

Nov 30, 20194 min read

Views of Possible Gentrification In Hastings - Our Survey

Following on from our last post of a rather well-turned-out meeting hosted by #ChangingHastings with around a total 120 turnout to our...

Coastal Action

Nov 29, 20195 min read

Changing Hastings: a packed house with a quiver-full of great ideas.

“What a refreshingly diverse crowd we turned out to be. Old, young, rich, poor, hipster, square, here forever or Down-from-London,...

Coastal Action

May 29, 20173 min read

Tight race predicted for Hastings & Rye

Everything to play for: the polls are VERY close! We have been out and about over the last week talking to #local #voters about their...

Coastal Action

May 19, 20176 min read

10 signs you're in a “trendfying” area

Is your area on the up? Look for these 10 signs! I have lived in #StLeonards on-sea for 15 years now and have grown up seeing the town...

Coastal Action

Mar 30, 20176 min read

Hastings Uni closing: A sad Consequence of marketing education and higher fees?

Img source – Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons I remember on a drizzly...

Coastal Action

Mar 29, 20175 min read

Gentrification, Sorry Don't You mean Trendification?

“Gentrification? I think you mean Trendification….” “#Gentrification? Making sense of the ‘G’ word Few terms are as loaded and invite...