Session -- Market Cities in Transition: Taking Steps to Leverage the Power of Public Markets
Owain Jones is Place Making Project Manager of Cross River Partnership in London, England.
4. What do URBACT programmes do?
enable knowledge transfer/exchange
learning/skills development
development of local City Action Plans
5. In London we had a central focus
– 9 boroughs & 3 BIDs
6. London – some fast facts
8.2m people
25% aged >19 years
3.3m black/ethnic & 4.9m white citizens
5th largest city economy worth €400bn
1.5m jobs in 175,000 high street businesses (30%)
€140bn retail spend annually (including on-line)
18.4m tourist visitors annually
Per capita beer consumption 9 – 10 pints a week!
Number of markets ??! Map??!
13. SUM project priority themes
4 themes
1. Strategic, legal & regulatory
2. Regeneration, high streets & town centres
3. Enterprise & entrepreneurship
4. Low carbon & sustainability
14. BIS CLG
NPPF, London Plan, MTS,
London Local Authorities Act, Food Act,
LDF
Retail
Communities
Workers
Place
Transport
Understanding who are stakeholders are
London Councils
EU
Mayor
Operators
Local
Authorities
Managing
Agents
BIDs
RBKC LBL
CoLLBS LBIWCC LBC
LEP
Nabma
AoLM
NMTF
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Markets
Traders
Shoppers/
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Benchmarking
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23. We focused on key priorities & lobbied
Priorities:
1. Markets Board for London – cohere the landscape
2. London Local Authorities Act 1990/Food Act 1984 – review &
interpretive guidance
3. knowing the unknowns – better metrics
4. public/private investment
5. managerial/operational review – alternative models?
6. ‘Market of markets’ festival
7. ‘First Pitch’ London – infusing new blood
24. What we have achieved so far
1. raised profile/policy interest in markets in London
2. enhanced network of EU City/domestic partner relationships
3. mayoral agreement to establish a Markets Board for London
4. modest funding to obtain better metrics & mapping
5. agreement to create an on-line markets knowledge hub
6. public/private investment funding support for specific markets
7. London ‘Market of markets’ festival – on agenda for 2016
25. Further information:
Owain Jones
Place Making Project Manager, Cross River Partnership
e: ojones@lambeth.gov.uk
t: +44 (0)7985 283 245
w: http://www.crossriverpartnership.org/
w: http://urbact.eu/urbact-markets