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2009: First Fat Tuesday music festival
Became an annual event and the UK’s largest Mardi Gras celebration. hastingsfattuesday.co.uk
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2006: Friends of Hastings Pier formed
After a public meeting. The Pier was closed in the summer of 2006 by Hastings Borough Council due to safety concerns. hpcharity.co.uk
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2006: Area Based Service Delivery Boards created
To bring service deliverers and community members together to plan services. Abandoned in 2012 due to funding pressures.
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2006: The Bridge Community Centre opens
A celebrated example of modern design developed by the community in Halton. thebridgehastings.co.uk
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2006: Hastings Furniture Service opens new premises
Furniture reuse charity established by and for unemployed people in Hastings develops site in Dorset Place. hfs.org.uk
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2005: Hastings History House opens
In Courthouse Street in the Old Town. An initiative by the Old Hastings Preservation Society. ohps.org.uk
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2003: University Centre Hastings opens
Phase 1 of the University of Brighton’s Hastings campus in Havelock Road. brighton.ac.uk
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2003: Sustainable Community Strategy launched
By the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP)
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2002: Electric Palace set up
A new independent cinema in the Old Town. electricpalacecinema.com
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2002: Hastings and Bexhill Five Point Plan
Ten year strategy from 2003/4 produced by the Hastings and Bexhill Task Force.