City Camp - Wolverhampton presentation

Under 2 hours from London

Thursday, 3 March 2011

WolverhamptonPosition the city as engineering-led

Systems thinking meets civil society

and the built environment

Results that work





Key factsWest Midlands. Pop 239,100 (2004), 13th most

populous city in England. Wulfrunians. Market town,

specialising in woolen trade. Then coal, limestone, iron ore, steel, locks, motorcycles, cars. Now

engineering and services. NOT Birmingham. Once

the world’s largest trolleybus system. First automatic traffic lights in UK. Relatively old population, with

total population declining since 1970s. Large Sikh

and Hindu communities. Goal is to become a

world-leading cluster for aerospace industry.

“Wolverhampton makes stuff - that’s how we’re different to Birmingham.” (city chief exec)


Identify a set of CityCamp

initiatives that can be undertaken in

and around Wolverhampton


4 Focus AreasWolverhampton as a liveable, civil city that treats

people with the dignity they deserve.


Radically improve personal mobility


Transform residential and commercial space utilisation


Rethink local service provision


Deploy smart energy systems


Step 1Create a project framework, that

defines the goals and provides a

working brief for all participants


Step 2Engage a network to gather and share

content that can be used by

participants for inspiration and

background in any activities

(visual documentation, interviews with

people, historical data)


Step 3Organise a key event that uses that

content.

Define the best projects to focus on

and work with core teams to get

these moving.


Step 4Get all projects online and align

project funders with implementation

partners.

Run projects using Akvo RSR.

See it happen


@charmermark@[email protected]


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City Camp - Wolverhampton presentation