Regeneration

Preserving green space – a focal point for Big Society action?

Whilst visiting New York last week I took a trip to the High Line. The High Line is a public park in Manhattan, developed from a disused railway originally constructed in the 1930s to lift freight trains off the streets. With freight on the line coming to an end in 1980, it is has since been transformed into a well designed urban oasis and acts as an inspiration for all of us concerned with creating and preserving green spaces, at a time when they are increasingly under threat.

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We need to retune the economy to tackle youth unemployment

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Creating fertile space

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A climate for sharing and learning

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Time to learn from Wales

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Will ‘big regeneration’ return?

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Raising the capital needed for growth

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Older and wiser?

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Redrawing district boundaries

Is it possible for a council to avoid cutting staff, maintain local services and keep funding the voluntary and community sector? Manjeet Gill reckons you can – and achieve a whole lot more. Austin Macauley meets her

If ever there was a council boss with their head above the parapet it’s Manjeet Gill. By insisting it’s possible to maintain services, avoid job cuts and actually invest in new initiatives she’s not so much peeping over the top as jumping up and down on it.