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Caring for Our Towns and Countryside Community Forum

Join us for a community forum organized with local councils and partners to discuss green initiatives, conservation, and urban environment quality in Kent. Learn from guest speakers and engage in open discussions.

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Caring for Our Towns and Countryside Community Forum

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  1. Caring for our Towns and CountrysideA Community Forum This event has been organised in conjunction with Kent County Council, Dartford Borough Council, Gravesham Borough Council and Kent Thameside regeneration partnership

  2. Greening the Gateway Kent and Medway Martin Hall, Director,GGKM Joanne Smith, Cluster Study Manager

  3. My tasks • Welcome • House keeping • The agenda • Purpose of the meeting • The rules • Introduce GGKM • Not to talk too much – its your evening!

  4. This evening’s agenda 6.15pm Refreshments 6.30pm Introduction, Martin Hall, Director,Greening the Gateway Kent and Medway 6.45pm Debbie Fryer, Temple Hill Trust 7pm Martyn Riley, KCC External Funding Officer 7.15pm  Brian Macknish, Chairman,Thames and Medway Canal Association 7.30pm  Sarah Carroll, Big Local Lottery 7.45pm Open discussion

  5. Country Land and Business Association (CLBA) Dartford Borough Council Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) Environment Agency Forestry Commission Government Office for the South East (GOSE) Gravesham Borough Council Kent County Council Kent Downs AONB Kent Thameside Delivery Board Kent Wildlife Trust Medway Council Medway Renaissance Partnership Natural England National Farmers’ Union Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) Sustrans Swale Borough Council Swale Forward Thames Gateway Kent Partnership (TGKP) WHO?

  6. GGKM’s Ambition “achieve a radical transformation in the quality of the urban environment across North Kent, together with the conservation of adjacent high-quality countryside assets and improved access to them”.

  7. WHERE ? • Kent • Dartford • Gravesham • Medway • Swale • Linking Estuaries, Towns and Downs • Thames, Medwayand Swale • Dartford, Gravesend, Medway, Sittingbourne, Sheerness • Kent Downs

  8. Governance of a sub-regional partnership

  9. The case is made but… • Greening the Gateway Strategy (Defra / ODPM) • Local Regeneration Frameworks • Greening the Gateway Kent and Medway Initiative • Green Grid Action plans • Local Authority Open Space Strategies • Thames Gateway Parklands

  10. Localism and Big Society • How do we all respond? • How do existing partnerships work harder at engaging all? • How do existing community groups work harder at reaching up / out? • Green Grid could be an excellent vehicle – assuming we all wont to get on board and go in the same direction

  11. Dartford & Gravesham Swale Medway GGKM working with three green grid partnerships

  12. Common landscapes

  13. Common issues

  14. Common assets

  15. Similar end users

  16. Thames Gateway Parklands • A big idea translated by Sir Terry Farrell (Design champion for Thames Gateway, Kent and Medway) • Seeking transformational projects • Reinforcing place-making • Creating a new critical mass • Result - £10m plus match

  17. Parklands Projects

  18. Live Parkland Projects • Dartford Greenheart • Cyclopark • Thames and Medway Canal • Great Lines Heritage Park • Milton Creek

  19. Exposed sky/shore – vantage – dropping away – trackways – clustered farmsteads – make-do Wooded ridge – closed to open – undulating edges – downland curves – coppice – hints of time Understanding Shorne to Shore – a sense of place

  20. Analysis

  21. The Journey • Your interests • Your projects • Your ambitions • Your skills • Your resources • Your support

  22. Summary of the evening • Did you find it enjoyable and useful? • Isn’t it amazing how much is going on? • Ideas for future meetings, events, walks, celebrations • Tasks: refresh the green grids message, offer support for friends of groups, make joint applications, sharing advice and skills • ?

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