Here are just 3 reasons why:-<\/p>\n
Working together will give us greater influence and there’s a greater chance that decisions are taken in consultation with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here are just 3 reasons why:- you care about the area where you\u00a0live? you feel that your concerns are not\u00a0listened to? you want to improve the area where\u00a0you live?
\nWorking together we should also have greater influence. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faqs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":515,"url":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/abbeylands\/the-greater-good-the-case-for-convenient-parking\/","url_meta":{"origin":14,"position":0},"title":"The greater good: the case for convenient parking","author":"templar","date":"June 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"There are 2 stakeholders whose views won\u2019t be heard very loudly in this minority debate about parking versus social housing at Abbeylands. \u00a0The people who could occupy the accommodation that may now not be built, whose voice usually goes unheard. 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