Ahead this week from IPM Manchester Metropolitan Uni:
“How much un- and under-used upper floor space do you have in vacant and occupied units in your town and city centre? What are the options? What barriers might you encounter, and how can these be overcome? placemanagement.org/events/ipm-web…

The IPM written evidence submitted to the House of Lords inquiry into high streets has been published online: rb.gy/3wuvev

We answer all 11 inquiry questions & call for
more policy support for place-based partnerships & boosting place leadership skills🤝

Great morning with The BID Foundation, now focussing on Growth through Partnership with #bidsinpartnership . So many place leaders! Shouting about #norwich innovation Norwich BID UK

How much un- and under-used space do you have on upper floors in vacant and occupied units in your town and city centre?
What’s the strategy to get it back into use? What about options, potential barriers?
Join our latest #highstreet #placemaking webinar: placemanagement.org/events/

How much un- and under-used space do you have on upper floors in vacant and occupied units in your town and city centre?
What’s the strategy to get it back into use? What about options, potential barriers?
Join our latest #highstreet #placemaking webinar: placemanagement.org/events/

Are upper floors on your #highstreet used as offices or resi?
Are #retail or #hospitality businesses trading there or using them for storage?
Are there alternative uses?
These are questions we’ll explore in our webinar “Living over the shop”.
Do join us: placemanagement.org/events/

The research seminar for tomorrow is free to access, so if interested in heritage and place it is the place to be! #heritage #twitterstorians #place

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❓ How can community-owned businesses regenerate high streets? 🏬🛍️

📅 On Tuesday we'll be talking to Locality and Power to Change Power to Change for our inquiry ‘High streets in towns and small cities’ #PowerOfCommunity #HighStreets

🔎 Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/event/20983/fo…

🧵(1/7) On #InternationalWomensDay we wanted to share the results of our recent IPM research into the gender diversity of the Town Boards that have been selected to receive £20m to deliver the government's Long Term for Plan for Towns.

Last Friday we covered the national celebration that is 20 years of UK BIDS in the Worcester News! We have been part of this community for 14 years and look forward to supporting our business community more over the coming years providing support and investment in the local area.

Our commentary in response to Prof. Loretta Lees 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇪 DialoguesinUrbanResearch article on engaged dialogue is now out

Based on IPM engaged scholarship research we reflect on engaging diverse voices, working in unfamiliar terrain & producing valuable outputs

🔓👉rb.gy/bjy4jb

It's good to have all the key High Streets Task Force people from IPM up in the North East today, for the second HSTF Local Roadshow in Sunderland. There's a great turnout of familiar place-related faces from across the region!📍

Sir John Timpson: “It’s pretty obvious that you don’t need as many retail premises in a town now as you did years ago before there were retail parks and supermarkets. So those retail premises need to be changed into premises for something else.” #HighStreets inquiry

Last week, I was invited by the House of Lords Built Environment Committee to Westminster to provide insights into a new high streets inquiry 👩‍🏫

Drawing on IPM research & High Streets Task Force I spoke about partnerships, multifunctionality & professionalising the sector 🗣️

📢 We’ve launched our call for evidence into #HighStreets in towns and small cities🏬🛍️

➡️ Deadline for submissions is 22 March 2024

Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/518/…

#myhighstreetmatters

🔓 New #OpenAccess article on #FirstView

Michael Sewell, 'The impact of the British Civil Wars on the meanings and uses of the urban topography of Colchester in the long nineteenth century'

🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S09639… #UrbanHistory

Our first Local Roadshow is in #Wakefield today, with a really engaged audience of place leaders and community champions (and in a fantastic heritage venue).

Join us in Sunderland next week (29th Feb)! Or Bristol and London later in March.

highstreetstaskforce.org.uk/news/high-stre…

How is our research into high streets is driving economic growth? 🚀

Cathy Parker MBE, SFIPM dives into footfall, creating vibrant spaces, and more on the latest episode of MetCast 🔗 bit.ly/4boeGC8.

Apple: apple.co/46Ugnos
Spotify: spoti.fi/3XWmTXA 👇

The next IPM research seminar about heritage & place is 21st March 3-5pm online & in-person led by our resident historian Michael Sewell

Talks will cover emotion, pride in place, place marketing, place transformation & climate🏰

To register: rb.gy/tls7ji

I was pleased to contribute to the One Show on Thursday night about the future of our towns. ⁦Intoplaces Ltd -Town Centre Consultants⁩ and ⁦IPM⁩ experience shows places can transform with the right approach. Ashton, here, is just starting out.