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INDEXCreative Report # 4 | October 18, 2010 | investigating regeneration

through art

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(1) See Creative Report # 3 for the rst part of Annas interviews and her diary.(2) Such as the recent cuts of Advantage West Midlands All Saints Development scheme as, for example, reportedin the Birmingham Post on 7 October.(3) Cory Doctorow. For the Win. Harper Collins, London 2010, p. 101.

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AcTiviTieS OveRviewMeetings, research, discussions


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FuRTheR inveSTigATiOnS And FindingS:The second and nal instalment of Annas interviews

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Michelle leTOwSkASurvey of planners attitudes

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Planners give people what they want.


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When Im planning a place, Im always thinking What would I like it to be like?.


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What we do here isnt the RTPI denition of town planning. 1


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Youve got to ask, what is the Black Country character?


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A good planners got to be sociable, a communicator, good at creating networks and negotiating conict.


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Investment from central government came under the proviso that areas of the council be privatised.


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To get to know the places they plan, planners need to walk.


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(1) The Royal Town Planning Institute denes planning as follows: Planning involves twin activities - themanagement of the competing uses for space, and the making of places that are valued and have identity. Theseactivities focus on the location and quality of social, economic and environmental change. In setting out its vision

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