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City of London Corporation libraries are offering a warm and friendly welcome to City residents this winter to help them beat rising living costs.

 The Barbican Library, Artizan Street Library & Community Centre, and Shoe Lane Library will hold a series of drop-in activities for adults and children over the next few months.

City Corporation has written to local stakeholder with an update on the so-called St Paul’s Gyratory Project – inviting them to take part in a brief survey. Anyone who lives, works or visits the area can participate. This project aims to improve traffic flow put most importantly it proposes to create a fantastic new public square at bottom of King Edward Street, next to the new redevelopment of the old BT centre site.

As we are preparing for Christmas and a New Year, we are looking back as a team on a busy year representing the wonderful Ward of Cheap and the City of London. From supporting the Lord Mayor in promoting the City, to ensuring our business district remains the safest place to do business, work, visit and live, to developing a blue print for the Square Mile as a Destination City.

This week Ian Thomas CBE set out his vision for the City of London Corporation at our Court or Common Council meeting earlier this week, before a vote to endorse his appointment as our new Town Clerk and Chief Executive.

The Ward of Cheap Club and the Cheapside Business Alliance are pleased to announced a new Business Tea Time Talk on ‘Net Zero and Beyond’ with Lord Browne of Madingley as guest speaker on 21 November.

A public consultation has been launched (open until 30 November 2022) asking a series of questions relating to how people feel they are impacted by temporary traffic measures aimed at improving spaces for people to walk and cycle in the City, and if they support the measures being made permanent.

Today the City of London mourns joins the nation in mourning the death of Her Majesty The Queen. This is a moment of great sadness, but also time to reflect on Her Majesty The Queen’s momentous reign – characterised by an unfaltering commitment to public service. A role model to us all.

The entire England Women’s Football Team will be awarded the Freedom of the City of London, in recognition of its dramatic 2-1 win over Germany in the European Championship Final at Wembley.

The City is looking forward to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, with events planned 2^nd – 5^th June. There will be road closures in place in the Square Mile especially on Friday 3 June as we celebrate the national service of thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral.

With half term and the Jubilee weekend around the corner we wanted to get in touch to update you on our work as your local representatives and to invite you to a Business Breakfast Talk on the 9^th of June organised by the Ward of Cheap Club and the Cheapside Business Alliance.