Action - Association

Create town centre manager post to run series of initiatives to raise general conditions in town centre and promote street artists depressing town-not dissimilar to other high streets. There is no originality - apart from the Nodehill area

Lots of 'bitty' things are attempting to get off the ground but no one is pulling it together

The Core and the Districts (Identity and Belonging) rediscover and celebrate Newport’s component neighbourhoods: Pan, Barton, Fairlee, Little London, Hunnyhill, Forestside, Kitbridge, Gunville, Carisbrooke, Mount Joy, Nine Acres, St. Johns, Nodehill, Shide. Concentrate local work based at this level, encouraging a rapid start, building up a diversity of positive actions, rediscovering places and features of interest and importance, and growing stronger connections between people and place.

I'd happily join a focus group or similar if I knew where to find one!

Town Centre Champion (Influence and Control) establish a single point of contact, a charismatic and publicly recognisable figurehead, with the brief to drive positive change. Initially cocreate between key stakeholders IWC, NPC, NBA. Initially fund and resource through local cost centre allocations from existing budgets, s106 town centre fund, top-sliced car park revenue fund.

Move on to supplement through BID or other levy and leverage models.