Shaping the future through open conversations
In the Let’s Make Piccadilly events we’re experimenting with a new-ish format. We say new-ish as we’ve tried it once before as part of My York Central. The format is a 3-8pm drop in at Spark but, in the case of the Let’s Make Piccadilly events, a drop in with specific advertised times for walks. … Read more
Andy Kerr, Project Manager for the Castle Gateway Project, City of York Council My Castle Gateway’s purpose is to open up the process of regenerating an area so that it works for York – to put York residents and businesses at the centre of something usually developed by experts behind closed doors. This masterplan development … Read more
By Phil Bixby Having done a large number of different public events – guided walkabouts in day and night, meetings, photography walks and events with local partners – we frequently get asked “how is this going to affect what actually happens?” Firstly, the Open draft brief we produced – which drew out the themes from … 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