#b2b #breakfastbriefing @sandypark 29.11.13 - john harvey, @exeterccm
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John HarveyCity Centre Manager
#b2b Business Breakfast
City Centre Strategy
Last decade – period of major change, renewal & investment
Excellent record of investment/low vacancy rates – no basis for complacency going forward
The most significant squeeze on public finances in decades
Capital expenditure Re-gearing of the relationship between business
and public authorities
Context
A sustainable, resilient & competitive City Centre A vibrant City Centre which offers attractions for
all A welcoming and safe evening and night-time
environment A better first impression A clean, well maintained and safe environment
Key Aims
Extensive listening exercise… Building on a decade of change… What sort of City Centre do we want? Action Plan – organic & progress review… A developing picture… A challenging landscape… Positioning to meet
the challenges of e-commerce & mobile technology…Economic pressures…
Key Issues…
First impressions… The independent sector…Uniqueness… Dwell
time… Making the most of unique quarters – and links to
with the Quayside… Role for business… Fresh look at areas – opportunity to build new
partnerships… Evening and night-time economy…
Key Issues…
Further cementing Café Society A vibrant evening and late-night economy –
attracting the broadest cross-section of the
population Safe Zone Using and strengthening existing partnerships –
such as EBAC Taxis & transport
Focus on the evening &Night-time economy…
Recorded crime… Actual crime… Overall crime = moving in the right direction
ENTE crime = unacceptably static Exeter’s statistically a ‘safe city’ – but there are real
night-time challenges and challenges around perceptions of safety
City Centre as a ‘shop window’ Alcohol related problems a challenge nationally… …but opportunities for Exeter to be an exemplar of
best practice
Observations…
Exeter Alcohol, Violence & Night Time Economy
Group (EAVNTE) H2O Project Community Alcohol Partnership Taxi Marshall Scheme CCTV – link in to Police Control at Middlemoor
Successes to date…
John Harvey Contacts:
Twitter – www.twitter.com/exeterccm
Mobile – 07885 760 496
e-mail – john.harvey@exeter.gov.uk
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