Activities to engage residents and workers in council and other programmes
This evening’s City of London workshop on Destination City was well-worth attending – even though it turned out that it wasn’t much about Destination City. It was about a Plan. I should have paid more attention to the invitation page, which was clearly headed City Plan 2040 engagement programme. It said that workshops would run … Continue reading “Discussing what planning can do for Destination City”
There’s a chance for residents as well as businesses to find out more tomorrow about the City of London’s top priority programme, Destination City, and to offer some ideas on how it may make the Square Mile a better place to live as well as work and visit. Earlier posts here. The £2.5 million annual … Continue reading “Destination City workshop can explore benefits for Square Mile residents”
In January I attended a City-wide Residents meeting with the City Corporation, and asked the chair of policy Chris Hayward how we could best engage with developments planned in the north west cultural district of the Square Mile. Here’s the exchange. The Destination City programme is taking over much of the work of the Culture … Continue reading “Resident engagement with Destination City and the new BID – official advice”
The City of London is planning to spend £150,000 on a “Residential Reset” to engage better with the 8600 people living in the Square Mile. Proposals go to Policy and Resources Committee on February 23. The Committee is also recommended to approve £70,000 on The City Belonging Project to support engagement with the estimated 587,000 … Continue reading “City Corporation plans a Reset to engage residents and Belonging for workers”