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Tag Archives: town centre
Reclaim the High Street – Midsteeple Quarter, Dumfries Crowdfunder
Community ownership of assets breathing new life into centres across Scotland has been a theme, and a success of recent years. There is still much more to be done, and it needs to be made easier and simpler, but we … Continue reading
Posted in Carnegie UK Trust, Community, Community Assets, Community Ownership, Development Trusts, Dumfries, Local Authorities, Midsteeple Quarter, Places, Regeneration, Reinvention, Resilience, Scotland's Town and High Streets, Scottish Planner, Small Shops, Town Centre Action Plan, Town Centre Action Plan Review Group, Town Centres, Towns, Uncategorized
Tagged Buildings, Community Assets, Community owernship, Crowdfunder, Dumfries, High Street, Midsteeple Quarter, Redevelopment, town centre
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A Sense of Place
A few months ago I was approached to write a short piece for “Context – the magazine of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation” as part of a collected set of items on The Changing Face of Retail. A couple … Continue reading
Posted in Design, High Streets, Historic Shops, History, Places, Signage, Spaces, Streetscapes, Town Centres
Tagged Community, Design, High Streets, History, Places, Regeneration, Retail, Retail History, Spaces, town centre
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Scotland’s Towns Week
Will you be using your local town centre next week? A Scotland’s Towns Partnership-led campaign, Scotland’s Towns Week aims to raise the profile of Scotland’s towns; uniting, inspiring and supporting towns across Scotland, to run or launch activities during Scotland’s … Continue reading
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Government, High Streets, Innovation, Localisation, Public Realm, Regeneration, Scotland's Town and High Streets, Scotland's Towns Partnership, Secondary Locations, Town Centre Action Plan, Town Centres
Tagged Demonstration projects, Local, Paisley, Scotland's Towns Conference, Scotland's Towns Partnership, town centre, Town Centre Action plan, Towns Week
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Retailing, High Streets, Town Centres and Stirling
I don’t often get to watch much daytime TV, especially at work, but that’s another thing the internet is transforming. The ability to stream TV direct to my desktop has opened up new panoramas (and I don’t mean Jeremy Kyle, … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Grimsey, Consumers, Government, High Streets, Internet, Mary Portas, Places, Stirling, Town Centres
Tagged Consumer change, High Street, Internet, Parliament, Stirling, town centre
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One Night in Falkirk
Last night I presented at a meeting held by the Provost and Convenor of Falkirk Council to allow businesses in the town to voice their opinion of the town and to give suggestions as to what can be done to … Continue reading
Posted in BIDS, Car Parking, Government, High Streets, Independents, Places, Retail Planning, Town Centres
Tagged council, Falkirk, futures, Retailing, town centre
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