Recovery and renewal on the Kent high street – policy webinar Tuesday 27 September from 12 noon to 1.00 p.m.
In winter 2021, prompted by the urgency of a sustained post-Covid local economy recovery, Kent County Council commissioned Localis to undertake a study to capture local knowledge and experience from across Kent and Medway and combine this with wider national learning to develop a toolkit enabling places across the county to draw from the successes and experiments of others.
With the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill now published – and new powers set to be introduced to tackle the scourge of empty shops – Localis’s toolkit offers complementary local solutions and national policy ideas which could make levelling up on our high streets a reality.
In the light of the future challenges facing the high street amid a deepening cost-of-living crisis, Kent’s local centres have already provided excellent and concrete examples of places overcoming with a sense of determination, optimism and positivity. The very quintessence of pride in place.
Localis’s toolkit, entitled “Recovery and renewal on the high street in Kent”:
• gathers multiple local perspectives on the issues facing local town centres in Kent;
• highlights innovative ideas that have been developed locally;
• presents a number of policy options and;
• outlines some themes for further investigation
Speakers ncluded:
• Matt Baker, Urban Regeneration Specialist, member of the Grimsey Review
• Cllr Roger Gough, leader, Kent County Council
• Tracey Kerly, Chief Executive and Andrew Osborne, Head of Economic Development, Ashford Borough Council
• Dr Jackie Mulligan, Director, ShopAppy.com
You can watch the webinar via YouTube:
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