We are inviting the local community to help us develop a 'Creative Placemaking' project in Golders Green.
Placemaking capitalises on a community’s unique assets, inspiration and potential with the intention of creating public spaces, places, events and activities that promote people’s health, happiness and wellbeing.
As part of the Golders Green Creative Placemaking project we want to work with the local community to help us identify and celebrate Golders Green's cultural diversity, build local pride, and encourage more people to visit the town centre.
Background
We are inviting the local community to help us develop a 'Creative Placemaking' project in Golders Green.
Placemaking capitalises on a community’s unique assets, inspiration and potential with the intention of creating public spaces, places, events and activities that promote people’s health, happiness and wellbeing.
As part of the Golders Green Creative Placemaking project we want to work with the local community to help us identify and celebrate Golders Green's cultural diversity, build local pride, and encourage more people to visit the town centre.
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 Cultural Activation and Wayfinding action plans, alongside the delivery of a number of interventions across the town centre.
The action plans will aim to celebrate local heritage, nurture the local context, ensure cultural activation and inspire site-specific response to future interventions, some of which will be delivered by Jan Kattein Architects.
We will be undertaking 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 action plans.
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 everyone with an interest in the town centre to provide their input.
We wish to give you all an opportunity to share your opinions on culture within Golders Green, as well as how you use and navigate around the town centre - we are keen to hear from local residents, businesses, community and cultural organisations, and all other interested parties.
How to have your say
Jan Kattein Architects, who we have appointed to work with the local community to help develop the action plans, have set up a participation website for Golders Green Town Centre http://www.goldersgreentowncentre.co.uk. Here local residents, community groups and businesses can find links to the questionnaire and find details of engagement events in the Town Centre.
For any further information, please email goldersgreentowncentre@gmail.com or message us on Instagram or Facebook.
For any other queries please call Lucy Devereux, Town Centres Senior Project Officer on 07729 623339
