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12/08/2014
Residents Back 'Future Belfast' Plans
Residents of Belfast are supporting a new initiative for the city centre that will seek to promote the "Belfast brand" on a global stage, the city council has said.
Urban planner Joe Berridge presented his report highlighting priorities and projects for the city at a conference in June. Since then, members of the public have been having their say on how the city should be shaped.
Ideas for the future of Belfast include 'pop-up' coffee shops and restaurants, street food, investment in the river corridor, night time markets and more family-friendly areas.
Many have been using social media to put forward ideas and reactions using the hash tag #FutureBelfast. That feedback is being used to shape a final report to be presented in the autumn by Urban Strategies.
"Belfast has already been transformed in recent years as it has emerged from a period of conflict, but it is still a city in transition," said report author Joe Berridge.
"Historically, Belfast has had an economy with strong links to manufacturing and industry but all that is changing, and this is the challenge for many similar European cities that are now having to focus on a 'knowledge economy'. What this document sets out is a vision for taking Belfast forward, and the areas which will need attention as Belfast City Council prepares to take on planning responsibilities in 2015."
Members of the public will be able to have their say on the new plans at the city council website www.belfastcity.gov.uk/citycentreplan.
(IT/MH)
Urban planner Joe Berridge presented his report highlighting priorities and projects for the city at a conference in June. Since then, members of the public have been having their say on how the city should be shaped.
Ideas for the future of Belfast include 'pop-up' coffee shops and restaurants, street food, investment in the river corridor, night time markets and more family-friendly areas.
Many have been using social media to put forward ideas and reactions using the hash tag #FutureBelfast. That feedback is being used to shape a final report to be presented in the autumn by Urban Strategies.
"Belfast has already been transformed in recent years as it has emerged from a period of conflict, but it is still a city in transition," said report author Joe Berridge.
"Historically, Belfast has had an economy with strong links to manufacturing and industry but all that is changing, and this is the challenge for many similar European cities that are now having to focus on a 'knowledge economy'. What this document sets out is a vision for taking Belfast forward, and the areas which will need attention as Belfast City Council prepares to take on planning responsibilities in 2015."
Members of the public will be able to have their say on the new plans at the city council website www.belfastcity.gov.uk/citycentreplan.
(IT/MH)
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