Autumn seminar series announced

“Playing our Part” in three crucial topic areas for the City Region

This October’s seminars will consider Cycling and Walking, Homelessness and Rough Sleeping, and Devolution and Governance.

We’ve invited a stellar cast of international, national, and local speakers, who will challenge us with new thinking, and a visionary approach for future plans across the city, and the wider City Region.

SEMINAR ONE:

Cycling/Walking – winning the argument

Thursday 3rd October, 5:30–7:30pm

With guest speaker Klaus Bondham, CEO of Danish Cyclists’ Federation and former Mayor of Technical and Environmental Affairs in Copenhagen City Council

SEMINAR TWO:

Homelessness/Rough-Sleeping – a different approach

Thursday 17th October, 5:30–7:30pm

With guest speaker Juha Kahila, Project Coordinator at Y-Foundation, Housing First Europe Hub, Finland

SEMINAR THREE:

Devolution/Governance – in the Brexit era

Thursday 31st October, 5:30–7:30pm

With guest speaker Prof Philip McCann, Chair in Urban and Regional Economics, Sheffield University Management School

Event report: Boundaries

This Summer, we held a series of three informal “conversations” on the role boundaries play in the heritage, cuture, and communities of Liverpool.

We’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our opening night at One Fine Day in May, our “walking coversation” from Central Library to the Pier Head in June, and our final discussion of heritage “beyond the boundaries” at the Florrie in July.

If you missed the events, or want to see what was discussed, check out this summary of the entire series on our website.

Public consultation on “Upper Central” Adelphi / Renshaw St area

Liverpool City Council are seeking input on a draft Spatial Regeneration Framework (SRF) covering 56 acres of the city centre, running from Central Station up Mount Pleasant / Brownlow Hill, and from Lime Street to Renshaw Street.

This is your opportunity to see the Council’s draft masterplan, and have your say in how this area is developed and regerated in the near future. You can take part by attending the following locations:

• 8 August 2019 from 1pm-6pm at FACT, 88 Wood Street
• 20 August 2019 from 10am-3pm at Central Station
• 5 September 2019 from 1pm-6pm at RIBA North, Mann Island

You can also provide feedback online or by email until 9 September 2019. Visit our website to find out more.

Tourism tension in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Palma, and Venice

The balance between citizens and tourists is always a tricky one to get right. Recently a number of European cities have hit the headlines, taking drastic action to reduce the impacts of tourism on their cities – from a proposed one-a-day cruise ship limit in Mallorca (following a similar move from Barcelona), to a tourism marketing blackout in Amsterdam. Read more on our website.

We’re already planning our 2020 Autumn Seminar Series – if you’d like to see us bring Liverpool’s tourism industry into the spotlight, let us know by replying to this email, or catching us on Twitter or Facebook.