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Golders Green Creative Placemaking engagement

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We are inviting the community to have their say on the Golders Green Wayfinding and Culture & Community Action Plans


Background

Golders Green is designated as a ‘Main Town Centre’ and in 2020 the Council adopted the Golders Green Town Centre Strategy, which was developed alongside the community.

In June 2022 Barnet Council appointed Jan Kattein Architects to develop Culture & Community Action Plan and the Wayfinding Action Plan, alongside the delivery of a number of interventions across the town centre.

The Action Plans aim to celebrate local heritage, nurture the local context, ensure cultural activation and inspire site-specific

We are inviting the community to have their say on the Golders Green Wayfinding and Culture & Community Action Plans


Background

Golders Green is designated as a ‘Main Town Centre’ and in 2020 the Council adopted the Golders Green Town Centre Strategy, which was developed alongside the community.

In June 2022 Barnet Council appointed Jan Kattein Architects to develop Culture & Community Action Plan and the Wayfinding Action Plan, alongside the delivery of a number of interventions across the town centre.

The Action Plans aim to celebrate local heritage, nurture the local context, ensure cultural activation and inspire site-specific response to future projects, some of which will be delivered in 2023/4.

During 2022, we undertook a number of public engagement activities, workshops and conversations with members of the local community to help inform and develop the different components of the proposals. This information was captured and has been translated into Action Plans to celebrate culture within Golders Green, and to support how you use and navigate around the town centre.


Your views are important to us

It is essential that placemaking in Golders Green is informed by local people who live, shop, study, work or run businesses within the local area. We encourage anyone with an interest in the town centre to provide their input.

We want to hear your views, in particular we want to hear from community and cultural organisations, local residents, businesses and all other interested parties.



How to have your say:

Please complete our online questionnaire or alternatively you can request a paper questionnaire by emailing lucy.devereux@barnet.gov.uk

For any other queries please email Lucy Devereux, Town Centre Investment Manager at lucy.devereux@barnet.gov.uk.




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  • We asked, you said, we did

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    We asked

    We asked for your views on the Culture and Community Action Plan and the Wayfinding Action Plan for Golders Green Town Centre. The Action Plans have been produced in response to the priorities set out in the Town Centre Strategy, in consultation with the local community.

    You said

    We received 42 responses to the online questionnaire. 90% of respondents were Barnet residents. Over 60% of respondents have lived in the area for over 20 years.

    The summary of responses to the Cultural & Community Action Plan

    The majority of people strongly agree with the aims of the Culture & Community Action Plan.

    The projects and actions that people would like to see prioritised include:

    • boosting the visibility of existing cultural activities on the high street
    • reviving under used spaces and encouraging better engagement with young people
    • celebrating the unique local heritage of the area and promote its diversity; for example through commissioning of local artists and performers
    • facilitating and encouraging new and existing groups to connect and expand their networks.

    The summary of responses to the Wayfinding Action Plan

    The majority of people strongly agree with the aims of the Wayfinding Action Plan

    The projects and actions that people would like to see prioritised include:

    • enhancing and celebrating the gateways and arrival points into the town centre

    improving greening in the town centre and signposting to the surrounding parks and green spaces that are seen as an important part of the identity of Golders Green

    • making the high street more welcoming and attractive – make it a destination by encouraging more independent retailers and celebrating the thriving food culture.
    • creating more spaces to dwell and meet.

    We did

    We will be including the outcomes of the engagement into the emerging Public Realm Framework for the Town Centre and will also identify and deliver specific placemaking projects over the next 12 months.

    The Golders Green Town Team was established was October 2022 and meet monthly to explore and establish initiatives for improving the town centre. We will be supporting the Town Team to activate the temporary space at Golders Green Crescent, and we will continue to do that to deliver on the community priorities above. The Town Team organised and hosted a family focused art workshop in mid-June 2023 in the new space and further activation is planned over the course of the summer.