"URCs - Coming of Age"

English Partnerships held its third annual conference dedicated to Urban Regeneration Companies on the 11 and 12 May 2004. The two-day event was held in Liverpool, home of one the three pilot URCs.

The conference was held at a particularly exciting time for URCs with the early URCs having built up a momentum for delivery, new URCs seeking to follow that lead through visions and masterplanning, and ODPM establishing new guidelines following a recent stocktake.

English Partnerships sought to provide a range of topics, some relating to the host city and some covering URCs in operation. Features included the keynote speaker, Dan Biederman from 34th Street Partnership and Bryant Park Restoration Corporation, who discussed private sector funding initiatives for regeneration projects in New York. In addition, there were two specific time slots for networking to allow emerging URCs to encourage the sharing of ideas and 'lessons learnt', between emerging and established URCs.

The range of presentations offered delegates informative, innovative and practical advice on aspects of the urban regeneration business. Where possible, copies of the presentations are available to view and include overviews of:

• Regeneration of Liverpool, as the host city


• Community engagement


• Heritage and regeneration


• Masterplanning

Keith Hill MP, Minister of State for Housing and Planning, ODPM, was unable to attend. However a copy of his address to delegates at the conference is available below.

Programme

Our Hosts

Cllr Mike Storey CBE, Leader, Liverpool City Council

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Turning Vision into Reality

David Higgins, Chief Executive, English Partnerships

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Securing Quality Masterplanning and Architecture

Joanna Averley, Director of Enabling, Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment

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Monitoring and Evaluation

Graham Russell, Partner, Amion Consulting

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Community Engagement in Regeneration

Sylvia King, Chief Executive, The Public

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Hilary Wainwright, Research Fellow, NW Change Centre, Manchester Business School - presentation not available

Urban Regeneration through Private Management and Finance

Dan Biederman - Keynote speaker, President, 34th Street Partnership and Bryant Park Restoration Corporation - below are 2 slides with an analysis of values and financing.

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European Capital of Culture

David Henshaw, Chief Executive, Liverpool City Council

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Setting the Vision

Nora Galley, Partner, Roger Tym and Partners - presentation not available

Sustainability and Skills

Ken Dytor, Chief Executive, Urban Catalyst

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Regeneration Through Heritage

Sir Neil Cossons, Chairman, English Heritage

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Rt Hon Keith Hill's address to delegates

Rt Hon Keith Hill, Minister of State for Housing and Planning

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