Placemaking Programme - Middlesbrough

Millington, Steven ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5143-3074 and Bell, Penny (2023) Placemaking Programme - Middlesbrough. Project Report. High Streets Task Force.

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Abstract

This report has been prepared by the High Streets Task Force following a virtual workshop held for Middlesbrough. The workshop was prescribed by a High Streets Task Force expert following the Unlocking Your Place Potential visit earlier in the year. In the view of the Expert, there is a need for further engagement with town centre businesses and community groups to ensure they are aware of the investment and vision for the town so that they can collaboratively promote the evolving positive image of Middlesbrough, acting as champions and encouraging civic pride. It was also recommended that there is a need for shorter term activations such as pop-up retail and other non-retail uses/activities, as well as developing options for greater stakeholder involvement to provide strategic oversight and recommendations for the activation/events programmes in the town centre, as well as to gather ideas, contacts and volunteers in order to organise the initial temporary interventions. The Task Force would like to thank all who attended the workshop for their active contributions and to thank Middlesbrough Council for organising the session. The report provides a general overview of the issues covered in the workshop, drawing on research undertaken by the High Streets Task Force and its partners and examples of what has worked well elsewhere.