Shaping the future through open conversations
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
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
Castle Gateway: Stories of Change 29th July, Eye of York From 9am We invite you to join us for a series of events – with something for all ages – to explore the Castle area of York it as it was, as it is now and to imagine it differently. The City of York Council … Read more
Opening Up Castle Gateway My Castle Gateway in collaboration with Coaching York 22nd July 2017 From 10.30am Drop in or sign up to be sure of your place Sign up here: 10.30am / 11am (accessible walk) / 11.30 / 12noon / 12.30pm / 1pm (accessible walk) / 1.30pm / 2pm / 2.30pm We invite you … Read more
2017-2018: In 2017 My Castle Gateway opened up a conversation about the future of the Castle Gateway area using walks, workshops, photography, social media and lots of post it notes. In August 2017 My Castle Gateway published an open community brief for the Castle Gateway area for further discussion and, in December 2017, gathered responses … Read more
To help explore the background to the Castle Gateway project, we asked the City of York Council’s Castle Gateway team a few questions: What is the Castle Gateway project? The Castle Gateway area, previously referred to as ‘Castle Piccadilly’ or ‘Southern Gateway’, sits largely within the city walls on the site of the former York … Read more
Update February 2022: The planning application for the new public spaces in Castle Gateway and the Eye of York has been submitted. Join us to explore the designs. We have two events coming up – one online and one on the ground in the Castle Gateway area. The Castle Gateway Plans Online – Facebook Live … Read more
The My Castle Gateway team have come to work together in order to develop a new approach to public engagement drawing on their different experiences and perspectives. What we share is a recognition of the limits of conventional approaches to consultation and a desire to explore more open and sustained ways of involving people in … Read more
My Castle Gateway launched in June 2017. We’ve been working with anyone interested in shaping the future of Castle Gateway, an area which includes Fossgate, Walmgate, Piccadilly, Foss Basin and Castle area and Eye of York. 2017-2018: In 2017 My Castle Gateway opened up a conversation about the future of the Castle Gateway area using … Read more