Athletes Village is about much more than bricks and mortar. The new village and the Stratford City project will bring a massive boost to the surrounding areas of Stratford, Leyton and the rest of the London Borough of Newham.

The impact on local people will be massive. We want to provide the facilities that existing residents want and need, and for that, we need your help.

Over the next few years, we'll be out and about in the area, organising events, coming to meet with you, and publishing information to let you know what's happening with the development and when. But we also want to hear from you. What do you think Athletes Village and Stratford City should be like?

It's a once in a lifetime chance to get involved in shaping the place where you live.

And that's where this website comes in. It already contains a lot of information about what's planned for the Athletes Village site. Over the next few years, it will keep you up to date on how the building work is progressing, as well as practical things like road closures.

Most importantly, you'll be able to use this section to have your say, through a range of online forums, diaries and question and answer sessions.

If you've got an idea about how we can use this section of the website to involve local people in the Athletes Village development click here.