how to save your town centre 2

watch stockport’s portas pilot video bid

what would you have included in your bid

for funding?

q.

we won!

£100,000 portas pilot

funding

£100,000 high street innovation

funding

£100,000 match capital

funding

£300,000 total funding

£300,000 total funding

1 year later…

lots of protesting tweeting & blogging

get the original vision back on track

focus on the old town

criteria

fill vacant units with new uses

increase footfall & introduce new

people to the area

creatively animate the area

encourage the growth of vintage & specialist retail

support existing businesses

help establish an evening economy

show value for money

main aim was to establish the creative hub

left my course at manchester university to open the arts centre

what is unique & individual about

your town?

q.

watch the seven miles out

video

other major portas pilot

funded projects

stockport old town branding & website

MAP

stockport old town fringe festival

investment from orbit developments

watch the fringe festival video

what activity do you want to see

in your town?

q.

stockport old town folk festival

now entering discussions about

the future of the town