Eagle House Re-opens its Doors & Invites You to Show the Love
“Show your love” events on 11th February and Valentine’s weekend will mark the opening of Eagle House and celebrate new spaces at 12 Claremont and the Observer Rooftop.
Youth Team outside Eagle House Left to right, Leroy, Ersin, Honour, Lae, Zoe and Rhiannon
Hastings Commons is proud to celebrate the opening of Eagle House after a comprehensive refurbishment bringing this old building right up to date as an asset for the community. Its launch on 11th February will be accompanied by a number of events to welcome people to celebrate and show their love to other recently opened spaces at 12 Claremont and the Observer Rooftop.
Home to the Common Room – a place for folk to sit down with a cuppa, have a chat, and feel more human – Eagle House, at 27-29 Cambridge Road, Hastings, is now also home to the Youth Commons, which works with 11-18 year olds and responds to their wants and needs in and around Hastings. Joining the Youth Commons on the lower ground floor are OBX, Hastings Commons’ Creative Technology hub, which works with communities to run workshops, talks, exhibitions and arts projects. Three further floors have been renovated to a high quality, offering genuinely affordable rents to support socially conscious businesses to thrive.
The new-look Eagle House will be opening up at 5.00pm on Wednesday 11th February for the first time with a collaborative welcome hosted by the Youth Council, the anchors of the Public Living Room, and OBX – showing that it’s here, open and ready for you to Show Your Love! The Youth Council will be serving up soft drinks and homemade sweet treats, doing crafts and offering tours of the new space. The Common Room’s friendly team of anchors invite you in for a chat and a cheese experience, while OBX will be opening their new exhibition, Machine as Collaborator?, on the floor below.
Continuing the theme, you are invited to Show Your Love to 12 Claremont, another building beautifully restored to serve as a vibrant hub for creativity, inclusion and community engagement, with an open house welcome 6-8pm from Amici Studios and Project Art Works.
If that’s not enough, and while love is in the air, the roof-top bar at the Observer Building will reopen at the weekend for cocktails, cakes (and blankets). After a fantastic summer pop-up, come Show Your Love for the OB on date night, mates’ night or self-love night this Valentine’s weekend and enjoy the best views in town. With plans to reopen permanently later in the year, every penny of profit from the rooftop goes into supporting the work of the Youth Commons – so it’s a drink with purpose!
“Seven years ago on Valentines Day 2019 we first got the keys to the Observer Building, and we celebrated with a party to show it our love,” says Gini Simpson, Hastings Commons Creative Lead. “This year we have two new Valentines – Eagle House and 12 Claremont – and we’re celebrating… The launch of the Common Room and the Youth Commons at Eagle House are the latest milestones in Hastings Commons’ mission to return historic buildings to public use in ways that are inclusive, sustainable and locally rooted.”
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