Creative Places

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Creative Places

• How creative people shape where we live, work and
  play
• Josephine Burns
• Burns Owens Partnership

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Who we are

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Planning Places

• People based planning
• artists - the shock troops of gentrification
• Shopping face-to-face interaction with small
  producers
• Creative Cities solve problems
• Design look and feel

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A Creative City?
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The Creative Economy

• DCMS Mapping 1989 invention of creative
  industries
• Links with wider issues economic, social,
  industry (Cox Report), regeneration
• CEP (Creative Economy Programme) - green paper
• Continuing growth and globalisation

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The Rise of the Creative Class

• Coolness index openess to creativity and
  diversity (Richard Florida 2002)
• Creatives not only jobs but like to live
• Technology, talent, tolerance
• Attracts others live, work, play
• Crucial factors - higher education, transport,
  outward facing

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And so to Derry
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Working...
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Living...
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Playing...
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Playing?..
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BOP work on places

• Cultural Offer to Sustainable Communities (NDPBs
  2005)
• Sheffield City Centre Review (Sheffield One
  2005)
• The Creative Industries in Westminster
  (Westminster City Council 2006/7)
• Creative Countryside (Multi-client study 2006/7)

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The Future

• New city centre transformation reflects pace of
  change within city centre creation of high
  quality public spaces and the redevelopment of
  key buildings demonstrating Derrys confidence in
  its future
• Ebrington Star Fort, new facilities
• Magee increasing focus and investment
• Foyle development

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Thank you

• Contact
• jo_at_bop.co.uk