Shaping the future through open conversations
Helen Graham By Phil Bixby and Helen Graham Last Saturday – as part of the Looking at Your City walk – we spoke to people spending time in various parts of York. We explored a variety of different types of public spaces in York – Museum Gardens, St Helen’s Square, St Sampson’s Square, Shambles Market food court … Read more
By Susan Major In Step 2 My Castle Gateway process we’re seeking to address key challenges that arise from our Draft Brief. The aim is to understand the issues better so we can refine the brief and openly address disagreements and tensions. Below is a blog by Susan Major who took part in our Public … Read more
By Gareth Wilce, Senior Communications Manager for Economy and Place, City of York Council Two brave groups of York residents stayed up past their bed-time one Wednesday in August for possibly the most different event of this very different approach to public engagement. For those of you who don’t know, My Castle Gateway … Read more
Introduction: Welcome to the open draft of the My Castle Gateway Brief. Drawing on the My Castle Gateway events, interviews and online archive of public contributions, we focus on what matters to people about the area and what they’d like to be able to do there. This document will inform the Masterplanners working on the … Read more
Phil Bixby and Helen Graham A crucial question raised by the My Castle Gateway process is how can all of the contributions – all the post its, social media posts, survey contributions, interviews and discussions during events – be made to count. To this question we have two response: yes, we will openly archive and … Read more
15th August, 6pm-8pm 2 Bishopthorpe Rd, York YO23 1JJ. Access information: there is a ramp available. Email Helen Graham, h.graham@leeds.ac.uk if you need flat level access. The Post It Notes are in – we know what matters and the kinds of things people want to be able to do in Castle Gateway – but now it … Read more
A Darker Gateway, 16th August 2017 Book your place for walks at 9:00pm and midnight You are welcome to join us for one walk or both. As part of a series of walks around Castle Gateway, we invite you to join us on a walk after dark, to experience it as it is now and … Read more
10th August, 6pm Meet inside the Tower Street entrance to Tower Gardens Walk to be led by Alison Sinclair Book your place This walk will take in the New Walk part of the Castle Gateway development site. It will cover New Walk as far as Blue Bridge and look at St George’s Field, Browney Dyke … Read more
Today My Castle Gateway is working in collaboration with Coaching York to run walks around the Castle Gateway area. You can book you places via this link. We’ll be keeping an update of number of places left via twitter and our facebook page. The rain is due to clear up by 11am!
Perspectives on Castle Gateway: a photography event in collaboration with York Past and Present 20th July, meet 3pm outside York Castle Museum, meet us from 4pm at Weatherspoons to discuss the area and add your ideas. Do you like taking and sharing photographs of York? Are you interested in the Castle Gateway area and want … Read more