Town Centre Partnership Models and Governance, STP Learning Event A Local Government perspective on models of urban regeneration

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1 Town Centre Partnership Models and Governance, STP Learning Event A Local Government perspective on models of urban regeneration Daniel McKendry Daniel McKendry Consulting

2 Talking About towns Governance Approaches East Renfrewshire Case Studies

3 Can we have some more, Sir? Dependent or fighting back?

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5 Common Messages Perfect Storm Problems Too many shops Recession, Welfare Reform, disposal income Online and Digital channel shift Out of Town and Leisure competition Rates, Parking, Planning, cost, choice No Leadership or vision Town Teams etc Time for Action! Options Nothing Town Centre Manager Traders Group formal or informal Town Centre Partnership formal or informal Trust BID Council Led

6 East Renfrewshire Population of 89,000 Barrhead pop 20,000

7 Horses for courses? Scale and Leadership Barrhead. Master plan approach investment led Neilston Renaissance. A community led Charter for Change Clarkston BID. By businesses for a better town centre that the whole community can be proud of. Giffnock BID

8 BARRHEAD - Why Regenerate? Loss of Industry Unemployment Relative Decline re ERC Dated town centre A combination of opportunities Delivery via Regeneration Board

9 Context Framework Plan

10 Town Centre Masterplan & Urban Design Framework

11 Delivery Barrhead Regeneration Board Business Community Community Council Community Engagement Stakeholder Involvement

12 Key Developments Health Hub, Housing, Superstore Business Parks, Integrated Community Hub Public Realm

13 Community & Economic Benefit 29m of Public Investment has so far delivered 120m Private Positive Benchmark Evaluation

14 What is Next? Housing led Regeneration Barrhead South New STF Funded Barrhead High School Community Sports Hub Dams to Darnley Country Park Glasgow Road M77 Corridor Proven strong developer interest Phased development over 15 years Deliver approx 2,700 new homes Mixed use developments with retail and office space Possible retirement village Contribute 2.3 billion GVA to Scottish Economy & 4,700 jobs in ERC Infrastructure improvements School Estate Link Road between communities of Barrhead and Newton Mearns Green Network

15 Glasgow Road Corridor Job Creation 920, /16 Foundry Links 1,380, Auchenback Rail Station 11,500, Dams to Darnley Country Park 5,612, /18 Visitors Centre Services & Infrastructure Junction 5 to Barrhead 21,826, /20 Business Incubation & Innovation Centre 2,762,

16 What is Community Empowerment? Supporting communities to do things for themselves Empowers and involves individuals and communities / localities around decisions that affect them How? Right to buy private or public land and buildings including compulsion Flexibility with Rates, Right to run services Community Engagement More transparent common good Allotments etc Why? Gives people control over their lives and the services they can influence Empowers and create confidence and participation Encourages confidence and builds skills and capacity Better tailored outcomes eg jobs, services, health, crime, equality

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27 What s so different? Almost everything! Open agenda..at least for starters! No real top table. Participants not delegates.that s everyone. Getting to know you. Getting to know your place. Learning Flexible roles not fixed ones. Matching vision, aspiration, with an ability to articulate both quickly! Getting it down on paper. Signing up to Charter as mandate and

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32 M77 Corridor SDO - Development M77 Corridor SDO - Development

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34 Clarkston compared to others East Renfrewshire BID Clarkston BID Smallest in Scotland, possibly in the UK As a result: high levy (private individual contribution) and budget significantly smaller: 60,000 compared to 2,000,000 in many other BIDs i.e.edinburgh, Inverness highly reliant on eagerness of businesses and people contributing to it part time and voluntarily

35 Quick hit project after the ballot

36 Past initiatives...

37 Partnerships

38 Levering in additional funding

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42 National Stage

43 Marketing and Events 64 businesses Now Smallest in Scotland, possibly in the UK

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45 Classic Vintage Car rally

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50 Common Threads Encouraging communities to take charge of the their future Locally designed solutions Investing in Place and Pride Feeding confidence and imagination Making and taking Chances Mixing and matching Learning from mistakes Writing your own future

51 Time for some Artful Dodging!

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