Town Centre Partnership Models and Governance, STP Learning Event A Local Government perspective on models of urban regeneration Daniel McKendry Daniel McKendry Consulting 07454007302
Talking About towns Governance Approaches East Renfrewshire Case Studies
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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
East Renfrewshire Population of 89,000 Barrhead pop 20,000
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
BARRHEAD - Why Regenerate? Loss of Industry Unemployment Relative Decline re ERC Dated town centre A combination of opportunities Delivery via Regeneration Board
Context Framework Plan
Town Centre Masterplan & Urban Design Framework
Delivery Barrhead Regeneration Board Business Community Community Council Community Engagement Stakeholder Involvement
Key Developments Health Hub, Housing, Superstore Business Parks, Integrated Community Hub Public Realm
Community & Economic Benefit 29m of Public Investment has so far delivered 120m Private Positive Benchmark Evaluation
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
Glasgow Road Corridor Job Creation 920,000 2015/16 Foundry Links 1,380,000 2017 Auchenback Rail Station 11,500,000 2020 Dams to Darnley Country Park 5,612,000 2016/18 Visitors Centre Services & Infrastructure Junction 5 to Barrhead 21,826,000 2017/20 Business Incubation & Innovation Centre 2,762,000-2016
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
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
M77 Corridor SDO - Development M77 Corridor SDO - Development
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
Quick hit project after the ballot
Past initiatives...
Partnerships
Levering in additional funding
National Stage
Marketing and Events 64 businesses Now Smallest in Scotland, possibly in the UK
Classic Vintage Car rally
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
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