January 2019
Save the Bear – Save the Bearpit – Full Council Meeting
Last October, without prior discussion of any kind, Bristol City council served legal papers on The Bearpit Improvement Group (BIG) and Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft (PRSC) for removal of all assets (including the bear sculpture, performance space, and community facilities) from the Bearpit by the 19th of January 2019. A petition was immediately produced calling on the council to "SAVE OUR BEAR". The sculpture has become an important symbol, well loved by the City's residents, and the petition recieved…
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