Leeds today: Eastgate date, Armley shopkeepers, Boar Lane and Leeds blogosphere updates

Good morning, Leeds. Hope you had a good weekend. Yesterday saw thousands of people take to the streets between the city centre and Kirkstall Abbey for the 2010 Leeds Abbey Dash - there's a video posted here in case you missed it. Tonight will see the next meeting of the Splashback campaign group , which has been fighting to keep leisure facilities at the now closed South Leeds Sports Centre in Beeston. It meets tonight at Hillside at 7pm. Also from today, I'm adding more Leeds bloggers to our Leeds blogosphere section to help celebrate the launch of the Leeds Community News Hub . Keep your eyes peeled for the next 10 entrants over the coming days. By the way, you can catch my guest blog on community campaigns in Leeds over at Leeds Guide . What's making Leeds today? Sheila King, head of retail leasing at Hammerson, has spoken to Property Week about the new Eastgate Quarters development in Leeds and reveals a 2015 target opening date. King also talks about Hammerson's competition with the Trinity Walk scheme, and explains why she thinks Leeds can support both developments. Catch the video here . A public consultation into how residents would like see Leeds in 2030 is encouraging people to take part in an online survey. The survey asks a series of questions such as What If Leeds.... becomes the best city in the UK? Check out What If Leeds here. Armley's got a lot going for it - if you ever had any doubt, head on over to Looking Good Leeds , which shows the positive side of local communities. In a post about Armley shopkeepers, Anne Akers says: "It says a lot about the shopkeepers of Armley that they'll pose for their portraits when requested by the photographer in the funny hat. They are a friendly lot and each had a story to tell about their life and work in the town." Exploring Leeds blog's excellent Leeds' Lost Opportunities Revisited project focusses on Boar Lane in its latest post. Cuts could affect the Swarthmore Centre, says a discussion just starting over at Leeds Forum . Hyperlocal site Holt Park Today features a police warning over a new telephone scam. A 'must' visit for the over 30s in Leeds is the Black Bull in Rothwell, reports Good To Go Leeds . Leeds Grub reviews Salvo's Salumeria in Headingley. What the papers say Howard Kew, chief executive of Financial Leeds, a consortium of local firms, feels that the City of London's loose ways have let regional businesses down. Check out this report from Martin Wainwright at The Guardian of a public meeting in Leeds. Young refugees and asylum seekers in Leeds will have the chance to create their own animated films through a new project at Leeds City Museum. BBC Leeds reports local refugee organisation, Afrolatino, will be co-ordinating the project. The number of accident blackspots in Leeds has more than halved in 10 years, a city council report shows . Staff at a Wharfedale brewery are celebrating after one of their beers was accepted at the seat of British Government, reports the Wharfedale Observer . A soap star from TV's Hollyoaks is set to switch on Morley's Christmas lights this week, reports the Morley Observer and Advertiser . They live just a house apart, but neighbours on a Leeds street have been given three different bin days under the city's new rubbish collection service, reports the YEP . Do you have news, views or events to share? Feel free add them to the comments below or contact me by email or on Twitter @GdnLeeds .