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March 2009
> Local School Children Name New Keswick Street
Derwent & Solway Housing Association, a member of Harvest Housing Group, held an official ceremony at St Herberts Primary School in Keswick last Friday to announce the name of the street where they are due to construct a new development of affordable family homes.
Tony Cunningham MP unveiled the name in front of an excited audience of St Herberts’ pupils who had been recruited earlier this year by the Housing Association to come up with a name for the new street, which lies across from the school.
The new development of family homes is being funded by Derwent & Solway Housing Association and the Housing Corporation and will consist of 42, three and four bedroom houses. The homes, which will be available to rent, will be located near Trinity Way in the Cumbrian town and completion is expected in early 2010.
Following suggestions of names for the street from St Herberts, a shortlist was put together and submitted to Allerdale Council for the final decision to be made. On Friday Mr Cunningham officially announced the winning name as Netherfield, the suggestion of Holly Harper.
Holly was presented with a certificate and a WH Smith Voucher for £40 for her successful suggestion and two runners-up, Yasmin Vasquez and Kate Thwaites were also presented with certificates and £20 of WH Smith vouchers for their efforts. Both winner and runners up were presented with framed artist images of the new development as a souvenir of their achievements.
Further details regarding the new development are available from Ben Brinicombe, Property Regeneration Manager at Derwent & Solway Housing Association on Tel: 07912 390 851.