Sustainable Innovation Fund backs placemaker.tech Creative innovation collective, Ethos VO is launching a new project that will help the UK’s towns and cities build back better after Covid-19. Ethos will partner with Guildford Borough Council and ecollective to design...
Carrots and sticks Most local authorities should be actively reducing parking provision. Particularly if this creates opportunities to regenerate town centres through new housing on brownfield sites and supporting new, more sustainable business models. Having said...
Too much of a good thing? In my previous blog, I argued that when we think about the role that parking plays in placemaking, that we leap to two unfounded assumptions. Firstly, that the provision of parking in city centres is a cause of excessive traffic and...
I blame Joni Mitchell Placemaking is a complex process. This is unavoidable as successful placemaking comes from understanding and balancing the needs of so many stakeholders – individuals, cultural institutions, local government, and businesses. All need to be...
