We need your help to develop a new 30-year vision and plan for Greater Christchurch The Greater Christchurch Partnership is inviting local leaders, thinkers and influencers to a series of workshops to define our aspiration for Greater Christchurch in 2050 and identify the collective actions and … [Read more...]
CCC really messed up the corner of Tuam and High Streets:
If ever we have had an example of engineers getting a corner seriously wrong the corner of High and Tuam really has to win the prize. I have to admit that I have a conflict of interest on this as I am a shareholder of a business affected by this intersection, Smash Palace. We were asked by a … [Read more...]
Greater Christchurch 2050 are our suburbs ready for growth?
In an article in the Guardian it is argued that large cities have been gutted by Covid 19. Staff have been found to be more productive at home and this is leading to questioning of the need for large central city offices and the cost of expensive infrastructure to support travel to the central … [Read more...]
Last Week – Dawn Baxendale and Jim Palmer on Greater Christchurch 2050
Last week we had an excellent session with the CE’s of Christchurch City Council and Waimakariri District Council, Dawn Baxendale and Jim Palmer about the Council’s planning for Greater Christchurch 2050. It’s a difficult topic planning for a future date. ….said it best when she spoke as a GP in … [Read more...]
This Week – Rod Cameron on Engage – Preparing for the future…
We thought it would be good to continue the Greater Christchurch 2050 theme this week. So, we invited Rod Cameron to speak from his perspective on this topic. Rod is a Civil Engineer who has worked around the world on engineering projects. In both the private and public sectors. He returned to … [Read more...]
Green Star Communities – coming soon to a neighbourhood near you?
Latest Post from Better Futures Forum After reading BFF’s earlier post on the 20 minute city concept, Brad Crowley got in touch with us from the New Zealand Green Building Council. Brad is Senior Manager, Buildings and Communities at NZGBC. He is passionate about their Green Star … [Read more...]
This Week Greater Christchurch 2050
This week we will consider the proposal for Greater Christchurch 2050. Throughout October, the councils would sound out the public through an online survey which can be found at greaterchristchurch.org.nz as well as through a variety of community forums. This week we are one of those forums. … [Read more...]
Medium Density Housing
This article by Brendon Harre was spotted by Axel. What Brendon has written is an “analysis of transport, land-use and housing [that] presents policy options in a positive, evidence-based, and bold manner.” This report takes a systems approach to modelling New Zealand’s housing, transport, and … [Read more...]
Supercharging Urban Development in Ōtautahi/Christchurch:
We have received notification of the latest in the excellent series which Jessica Halliday and her team at Te Pūtahi’s Occasional Series have been running. It’s free and we recommend your attendance. Monday 2 Nov from 6-7.30pmTo be held at Tūranga or Online (Zoom)Book at Humanitix. Can we … [Read more...]
Garry writes 13 october 2020
Every now and then you get a reminder that having participated in public life was probably really worthwhile. last weekend the Press carried another excellent article by John McCrone, this time about the renewed steps being taken to envisage what our future looks like as a Regional City. It’s called … [Read more...]