‘Eat to Meet Meerhoven’

2025-01-01T13:18:17+01:00January 1, 2025|

Saturday 15 February 2025, Residents' Association Meerhoven is organising ‘Eat to Meet Meerhoven’: a three-course dinner full of encounters, conviviality and culinary discovery. Registration is possible until Monday 6 January 2025 One of the objectives of Residents' Association Meerhoven is to connect residents with each other. Meerhoven is a neigbourhood with a great diversity of [...]

Eindhoven council puts research into added value of Airport on hold: ‘Meaningful, but not now’

2024-11-27T21:14:41+01:00November 27, 2024|

Although a majority of the Eindhoven city council would like to have research done into the added value of Eindhoven Airport, such a study will not be carried out for the time being. That was the outcome of a short debate in a council meeting late on Tuesday evening, in which the future of the [...]

Plan to close Eindhoven Airport keeps critics busy, neighbours are amazed by a look behind the scenes

2024-11-24T22:10:48+01:00November 24, 2024|

It was an absurd idea, but it is still being discussed: closing Eindhoven Airport and sacrificing it for housing. While a debate is taking place in Knegsel, the airport itself is opening its doors to local residents six kilometres away. They call it ‘Neighbours’ Day’. Two meetings at the same time on Saturday, one mainly [...]

Indian community fed up with burglars, but receives little support

2024-11-24T22:05:44+01:00November 24, 2024|

This weekend, the Indian community in the Eindhoven region called attention to the wave of burglaries that is plaguing them with a demonstration. According to bystanders, they should mainly look for the solution within themselves. A group of protesters from India is completely fed up with burglars, as they made clear with slogans and banners [...]

Should Eindhoven Airport be closed or relocated? Join the discussion with BVM2

2024-11-21T23:16:39+01:00November 21, 2024|

Wouldn't it be better if Eindhoven Airport were closed to make way for hundreds of new homes? Should the airport be relocated to another, less densely populated location? Or perhaps a size smaller? These and other topics will be discussed during a forum discussion on Saturday 23 November 2024 in the De Leenhoef community centre [...]

Winter emergency shelter for homeless people in Meerhoven opens again: ‘Already busier than usual’

2024-11-21T23:23:50+01:00November 20, 2024|

The winter emergency shelter for homeless people in Meerhoven is open again. According to Springplank 040 director Thijs Eradus, it is immediately busy. On Tuesday, 27 of the 55 beds were occupied. It usually only gets busier later in the winter. The winter emergency shelter is primarily intended for homeless people who are normally not [...]

Moisture problems at Slingertouw school building still not resolved

2024-11-21T23:01:16+01:00November 20, 2024|

The leakage problems that the Waterrijk location of primary school ’t Slingertouw in Meerhoven has been struggling with for years now have still not been resolved. The municipality now says that it will 'continue to monitor' the problems. According to alderman Stijn Steenbakkers (CDA, education housing), 'various construction measures have been implemented' in recent times [...]

Despite political criticism of airport, Eindhoven Airport builds terminal for millions of extra passengers

2024-11-21T22:51:53+01:00November 18, 2024|

While Eindhoven Airport is starting to build a terminal that can accommodate millions of extra passengers, Eindhoven politicians are being very critical of the airport. But according to the airport, the mega terminal is necessary because the current building is far too small. 'A necessary evil', 'castle in the air' and 'unnecessary holiday flights': Eindhoven [...]

What really makes Meerhoven a meeting place?

2024-11-23T08:16:11+01:00November 16, 2024|

Contact with neighbours contributes to a pleasant and liveable neighbourhood. But what do Meerhoven residents need to meet each other more? The municipality of Eindhoven, together with Residents' Asssociation Meerhoven, wants to investigate this and calls on residents to share their opinions via a survey. The survey is easy to fill in online at meerhoven.nl/neighbourhoodmeeting. [...]

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