Quick background. A local authority (Fife Council) fails to consult with communities over a much loved and well used visitor attraction that they want to demolish. Residents learn about the plans and react angrily to the news. Call some public meetings. Councillors make promises and fail to deliver. Residents keep up the pressure and it all explodes with residents, councillors, MSPs, Fife Council, Fife Coast & Countryside Trust all arguing about who to blame and the best way forward.

• 14 Nov 2016 - Lochore Meadows neighbours’ anger over ‘prison block’ centre The Courier
• 14 Nov 2016 - Development plans for Lochore Meadows branded a monstrosity Shining Waters
• 16 Nov 2016 - Visitor Centre plans for the Meedies could be scrapped after public outcry Shining Waters
• 16 Nov 2016 - £1m plus project on hold after public air concerns Central Fife Times
• 5 Dec 2016 - New Meedies Visitor Centre already tendered! Shining Waters
• 6 Dec 2016 - Current design for new park centre rejected at meeting Central Fife Times
• 7 Dec 2016 - Councillors brand Fife Council officers behaviour ‘scandalous’ in visitor centre fiasco Shining Waters
• 8 Dec 2016 - Open Letter to Cllr Mark Hood – Lochore Meadows Shining Waters
• 8 Dec 2016 - Letter on Meedies Meeting Shining Waters
• 11 Dec 2016 - Benarty Community makes personal plea to council leader in open letter about Meedies Shining Waters
• 12 Dec 2016 - The legalities of Meedies Visitor Centre planning approval under scrutiny Shining Waters
• 14 Dec 2016 - D Day for Meadows visitor centre Central Fife Times
• 15 Dec 2016 - Lochgelly community council rejects controversial plans for Meedies visitor centre Shining Waters
• 16 Dec 2016 - Lochore Meadows visitor centre planning decision defended The Courier
• 18 Dec 2016 - Council’s wilful destruction & neglect at Meedies Shining Waters
• 20 Dec 2016 - Campaigner says council may have gone against its own rules Central Fife Times
• 21 Dec 2016 - Move ahead or 'cash could be lost' Central Fife Times
• 23 Dec 2016 - Statement from Lochore Meadows Panel Shining Waters
• 27 Dec 2016 - Community furious over park 'vandalism' Central Fife Times
• 27 Dec 2016 - Hood calls on MSP to back park plans Central Fife Times
• 28 Dec 2016 - Fears council will press on regardless with Lochore Meadows visitor centre The Courier
• 2 Jan 2017 - Cllr David Ross ‘community split’ claims challenged Shining Waters
• 5 Jan 2017 - Trust Abandons Fife’s Most Popular Outdoor Attraction Shining Waters
• 5 Jan 2017 - Council will be left to find alternative management process Central Fife Times
• 7 Jan 2017 - Councillors respond to issues at the Meedies Shining Waters
• 9 Jan 2017 - An appeal to Alex Rowley Shining Waters
• 9 Jan 2017 - Background & reflections on the Meedies Visitor Centre project Shining Waters
• 10 Jan 2017 - Meedies Panel praise public for patience Central Fife Times
• 10 Jan 2017 - New park management structure must be found quickly, says Hood Central Fife Times
• 11 Jan 2017 - Call for inquiry into Meedies centre issue Central Fife Times
• 12 Jan 2017 - Fife trust under fire as it quits Meedies role Fife Free Press (Fife Today)
• 12 Jan 2017 - Meedies inquiry call-council considering issue Central Fife Times
• 13 Jan 2017 - Willie Clark’s view of the Meedies controversy Shining Waters
• 13 Jan 2017 - Cllr Mary Bain Lockhart’s position on the Meedies visitor centre Shining Waters
• 16 Jan 2017 - 'Let's work together and make the Meedies even better' Central Fife Times
• 17 Jan 2017 - MSP Alex Rowley accuses community campaigner of bullying over ongoing Meedies debacle Shining Waters

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