http://bigcitytalk.org.uk A Place To Talk About Birmingham's Big City Plan Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:57:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://bigcitytalk.org.uk/372/212/ http://bigcitytalk.org.uk/372/212/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:38:50 +0000 admin http://bigcity.paradisecircus.com/?p=372 The plan of action for the Big City Plan aims to make it possible for Birmingham City Centre to:

• Grow to be able to cope with being the UK’s second most important city;
• Score much higher in charts of places where people most want to live in the world (such as the “Mercer Index“); and move from number 56 into the top 20;
• Change its economy and environment for the better;
• Become a ‘smart’ city, reaching its target of cutting carbon emissions by 60% by 2026, as well as making the economy stronger.

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