We discuss the honest and open conversations and talks on the day, our takeaways and putting people and communities at the heart of decision making.

The topic of transport came up again – why have we not considered this before?!

A nice example was how Timber Festival, which is focused on environmental considerations, have a cycle bus.

Speakers on the day were

• Tom Stannard, Chief Executive of Salford City Council and Chair of the Institute of Economic Development (IED)
• Josie Morris MBE, Managing Director of Woolcool and We Are Staffordshire Place Board Member
• Stephanie Kerr, Executive Director of BID Leamington
• Paul Williams, Culture and Tourism Consultant, Chair of Stoke on Trent’s Cultural Destinations Partnership and Board Member, We Are Staffordshire
• Angela Brockbank, Head of New Business and Growth at Thirteen Housing Group and Chair of the Redcar and Cleveland Place Board
• Rachel Bayley, Burnley Place Brand Manager
• Corinne Day, Newhaven Enterprise Zone Programme Director
• Mike Denby, Director of Inward Investment and Place Marketing at Leicester City Council
• Mark Robinson, Co-Founder, Ellandi and Chair, High Streets Task Force
• Rhian Davitt-Jones, Director of Planning and Development at CBRE Manchester
• Tamsin Hart-Jones, Head of Cities and Major Conurbations at Homes England

And some key take aways:

Uniqueness in Placemaking, take inspiration, don’t copy!

How to fund Placemaking projects.

Placemaking visions changing overtime.

Bravery in positions of power and influence.

Stakeholder/bondholder involvement.

How place stories evolve.

Some other key moments were Tilley’s really nice pen, fuzzy geography (and what that even means!) and sculpting stale bread.  

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