“Your Place, Your Views”: Grangemouth

Posted on April 4, 2019

As part of the current Grangemouth Locality Planning activities, and following on from their recent focus groups, Community Links (South Lanarkshire) have organised a number of “Your Place, Your Views” community events.

The next event is this Saturday 6^th April, 11am – 2pm at Grangemouth Town Hall, 27 Bo’ness Road, Grangemouth, FK3 8AN, and offers local residents the opportunity to have their say on ways to positively improve the Grangemouth area.

They are keen to hear from as many local people as possible. The event will be family friendly, with free snacks and refreshments, prize raffles and activities for children (including a magician).

For further information, please contact Community Links (South Lanarkshire) by phone: 01698 827583.

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