1.1.3

Original Document

Professor Parkinson was subsequently commissioned to ‘Vision the Masterplan’ to set the framework for the Big City Plan. His report recommended that careful thought be given to the best way to fund and deliver change in the city centre. He recommended that the Big City Plan should address five drivers of competitiveness, as follows:

Plain English Translation

We asked Professor Michael Parkinson to write a report on how Birmingham could achieve its aims. He recommended that we should create a plan for the city centre — and that it should look at five things in particular. They are:

2 comments

  1. Stef Lewandowski January 19th, 2009 at 8:55 pm

    Does anyone have a link to this document? It was a very succinct, readable, challenging and thought-provoking read. Like someone holding a mirror up to the city and showing it for what it is or could be.

  2. Dave Harte January 19th, 2009 at 9:00 pm

    Took a bit of re-finding (the link from my old strategy blog to it on the BCC site is now dead) but there’s a copy tucked away here.

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