Written by Nicky Getgood on Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 ( Start discussion )
Tags: AdvantageWestMidlands, atkins, big city plan, Birmingham City Council, digbeth consultation questionnaire, philip singleton
This morning myself and many other local types went along to the Digbeth Corridor Study Stakeholder Consultation meeting at The Bond, organised by Birmingham City Council’s City Centre Development Team. The Big City Plan’s Philip Singleton kicked off the proceedings, then we all boarded the Green Bus, on which a team from Atkins took us on a tour of Digbeth’s key features. Once we’d been gotten thinking we returned to The Bond, where we split into brainstorm groups covering Movement, Streets, Events, Development, Leisure & Environment, Creativity & Services.
Whilst there Atkins asked us to complete a Digbeth Consultation Questionnaire to help them with their study, and asked us to pass it onto anyone we thought might like to submit their ideas. Unfortunately it is not available online, so I’ve created a Google Form so you can complete it online if you like. I’ll forward the summary spreadsheet to Atkins, who I spoke to during the meeting and are aware of what I’m doing. You can comment on the dedicated Digbeth Consultation Questionnaire page I’ve created, so you can discuss your feelings about the questionnaire if you want to. Questionnaires must be submitted by mid-January (I’ll double check the exact date with Atkins, and be sure to close the form then).
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Written by Nicky Getgood on Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 ( One response )
Tags: Birmingham City Council, Birmingham City University., dave harte, Ikon Eastside, Joe Holyoak, philip singleton
Digbeth: Past, Present & Future :: Ikon Gallery – I know I’ve mentioned this before but I’m mentioning it again in a shameless act of self-promotion, as it seems I’m chairing the panel discussion due to take place after the screening of old found news footage. Speakers talking about what the future might hold for Digbeth include Philip Singleton, Assistant Director Planning & Regeneration, Birmingham City Council, Digbeth based architect Joe Holyoak and Dave Harte, Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications at Birmingham City University.
It’s 6.30–8.30pm on 6th Oct at Ikon Eastside. Places are free but should be reserved by calling Ikon on 0121 248 0708.
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Written by Nicky Getgood on Saturday, February 7th, 2009 ( 2 responses )
Tags: big city plan, Birmingham City Council, clive dutton, debra davis, mike whitby, philip singleton
Well, Lolitics has been busy posting captioned pictures of a massive walrus bemoaning the loss of his consoltaishiun bus. Considering the bus-based bee in my bonnet I’ve developed over the lost Highgate Big City Plan bus, I feel his pain. I Am The Walrus (please comment your audible groans).
Luckily, Birmingham City Council seem to have realised that standing the public up during a public consultation exercise doesn’t send out the best message. It took a few emails and phone calls, but yesterday afternoon the Press Office sent me this statement apologising for the ‘error of judgement’:
Clive Dutton, Director of Planning and Regeneration, said:
“I have become aware of concerns that have been raised regarding the relocation of the Big City Plan consultation team from their pre-advertised location during the afternoon of Wednesday 12th Jan.
“It was an error in judgement that when the bus was temporarily relocated no staff stayed behind to continue the consultative work, or to explain to members of public that the absence was only temporary and the full team would return shortly.
“I’d like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.”
To be honest, it was the lack of consideration rather than the inconvenience that bothered me. But the council seem to agree that the consultation should have gone ahead as planned and advertised, which is good. I’m still awaiting the response to my Freedom of Information request, which should give me the audit trail behind that decision.
Yesterday marked the official end of the Big City Plan consultation period. Go to Big City Talk to see people’s comments and discussions around the document, which city council PR Director Debra Davis and Big City Plan Project Manager Philip Singleton have agreed to look very closely at.
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Written by Nicky Getgood on Sunday, November 30th, 2008 ( One response )
Tags: big city plan, digbeth cold storage, philip singleton, Stef Lewandowski
Thanks to Stef Lewandowski, for passing onto me an announcement by Philip Singleton, Project Manager of the Big City Plan. £8 million has been dedicated to the 7 ‘top priority projects’, one of which is to transform Digbeth High Street into a pedestrian-friendly, clutter-free walkway that will ease the journey from the centre to Digbeth. Thank GOD, here’s hoping for no more ‘no-man’s land’ that cuts us off, but a seamless walk without the rugby scrum of bus queues outside Digbeth Cold Storage.
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