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==Community groups== {{Unsourced section|date=February 2023}} The Community Council is the longest established community group in Garnethill (since 1970's), and is currently operating with all ten positions filled following an election held in October 2023. The Community Councillors meet the second Monday of the month 7pm-9pm, in person in Garnethill Multicultural Centre, 21 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RE and also on Zoom. The meetings are open to the public and deal with community development, local issues, planning and licensing issues etc. Attendees include Local councillors, Glasgow Art School, Glasgow Film Theatre, local religious buildings, Police Scotland. A Neighbourhood Watch was setup in 2017 and they hold their public meetings in the Garnethill Multicultural Centre. Police Scotland are normally invited along to provide any updates, and for residents to raise any issues. The Friends of Garnethill Greenspaces (FROGGS) is a constituted group whose focus is the green spaces of Garnethill, including the Garnethill Park. They organise and publicise regular community meetings e.g. litter picks and firing up of the Bread Oven in the park, etc. They have sourced funding and provided attractive planters on railings around the area. There is also a Garnetbank Parents Council which has been running for many years, and is a group of parents whose offspring attend the Garnetbank Primary School on Renfrew Street. They operate mainly on Facebook and Twitter. Celebrities who have visited the Oxford chip shop on Hill Street include Jeremy Corbyn, Kiera Knightley, Susan Boyle. Glasgow Film Theatre was built in 1939 and was Scotland's first arts cinema. Hollywood directors Quentin Tarentino, Martin Scorsese, Baz Luhrmann have visited here.
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