We think that Birmingham should have a great new family neighbourhood in the city centre. We should also have a range of housing types and different ways of buying or renting over varying amounts of time.
Birmingham should accommodate a great new family neighbourhood within the city centre. Birmingham should also provide for a range of housing types and tenures.
We need to think about the choices for running the Metro, bus routes and walking routes so that the city centre is easy to get around by public transport and also that there is enough space for pedestrians.
Options for the running of the Metro, bus routes and walking routes need to be considered, so that the city centre is both accessible by public transport and space is freed up for pedestrians.
We think that Birmingham needs a plan that deals with all types of routes from the biggest to the smallest. This plan will make the most of the good access provided by the outer ring road and other main roads, as well as making sure that we link up new and existing places well with smaller roads.
Birmingham needs a strategy that deals with all types of routes from the biggest to the smallest. This will make the most of the good access that the outer ring road and other strategic routes provides, whilst ensuring that at a local scale high quality connections are provided to link new and existing spaces.
We think that Birmingham should encourage new business. We should look into ways that people can work close to home and give people a wide range of places to work.
Birmingham should master the art of fostering new enterprise. The potential for working close to home should also be explored and the widest range of employment space should be provided.
We think that Birmingham should be a centre for creative industries (such as art, design, and publishing) that is just as good as other cities.
Birmingham should become the focus for creative industries to rival those in other cities.
We think that Birmingham needs a good network of green spaces and canals. We should have a range of parks, gardens and squares.
Birmingham needs a comprehensive network of green spaces and canals. A range of smaller local pocket parks or gardens squares and great parks should be provided.
We think that if Birmingham is to have a new city centre neighbourhood, then we must have the best schools near by. These should be multi-purpose buildings, which have a range of activities for all different people; adult education at night, sports facilities at the weekend, community meeting spaces, and library facilities.
If Birmingham is to accommodate a new urban neighbourhood then the best schools must be located close by. These should be multi-purpose buildings, which offer a range of activities for all sectors of the community; adult education at nights, sports facilities on the weekend, community meeting spaces, and library facilities.
We think that Birmingham should have a new Food district. Birmingham could also support the ‘Slow Food Movement‘ and should promote its different cultures in its eating places and events.
Birmingham should have a new Food Quarter. Birmingham could also embrace the Slow Food Movement and should actively market its cultural diversity in its eating places and events.
We think that Birmingham could create its own multi-utility services company (MUSCO) to supply its new neighbourhoods with water, electricity, heating and broadband in a very efficient way.
Birmingham could create its own multi-utility services company (MUSCO) to supply its new smart neighbourhoods on highly efficient basis with water, electricity, heating and broadband.
We think that Birmingham could do something new in the way neighbourhoods are planned and built. We could design a new type of house — the ‘Birmingham House’ — that would be modern, but also fit in with the places it would be built.
Birmingham could create a new way of building smart neighbourhoods. The 'Birmingham House' idea should reflect the needs of modern living but builds on the authenticity of the place.