Monday, June 1st at 7pm. Chez Jules, Northgate St.
Following the 65th Celebration Dinner, we got together to once again focus on Chester’s Heritage. The Summer Social also gave us an insight on ‘Culture and Crowds’.
Both Sir Phil Redmond and Colin Potts spoke on how the two were linked.
Sir Phil discussed how important it was to involve communities of whatever make up of common interest, and the fact that over 70% of the time he spent on Capital of Culture was on involving Liverpool and its communities with the various initiatives to do this.
Colin spoke about Malta and his role there, and alerted us to the importance of getting involved in:
- The Chester Place Survey. This is part of the information gathering that will enable us to develop a place brand for Chester that will help give competitive edge to its investment, education and visitor work programmes. It will dictate how the city presents itself to the world. The deadline for taking part is Friday 12th June. 450 submissions were received in the first week!
- Chester Northgate 2. View are sought on the outline masterplan for the second phase of Northgate covering the old Forum shopping centre, Gateway Theatre and the area between there and the Crowne Plaza. The brief was that the plan should be mainly residential but thoughts are welcomed on the proposed layout, streetscape, access and particularly on a possible culture / heritage building that would front onto Town Hall Square. The scheme is working towards a planning application in Autumn this year but views on this stage are invited by 19th June.
Members and guests enjoyed the event over a splendid two course meal at Chez Jules.
Photos from the evening are below, Colin Potts speaking, left, and Sir Phil Redmond, right/below.
