welcome to southside bid 2 consultation event at birmingham hippodrome
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Welcome to the Southside BID2
Consultation Event
Monday 27th April 2015
So what have we achieved since 2011?
Safe• Street Wardens• Dedicated PSCO• Pubwatch• Radio Scheme• Facewatch• Hate Crime Reporting
Centre
Crime down by 9% overall
Better Connected• Wayfinding Totems• Walking Maps• Improved Signage• Ask a friendly warden (3640
directions given in 2014)
Bright• Floral Trail Feature• Flowers on Street• Public Art• Chinese Lanterns• Beautiful Business Award
Light• Festive Lights• Tree & Feature lights• Lighting Projects
– Hurst St Undercroft– Southside Pagoda
Clean• Daily Litter Picking • Fly Posting Removal• A38 Green Wall • Fly Tipping & Graffiti
reporting• Hazardous waste
reporting• Discounts on recycling
services
Spot the difference?
Brand• £2.2M of PR• Award Winning Southside
Stories• Support for Festivals
• Birmingham Pride• Chinese New Year etc
• Southguides• Websites & Social Media• Ad campaigns & Visitor
newsletter• Invest in Southside campaign
Business led• Proactive Local Management Team• Help and signposting to grants,
business support and funding• Spotlight print newsletter• Southside e newsletter• Showcase Business Network• Lobbying and Influencing• Free training & meeting facilities
Influencing• Statutory Consultee for Planning• Support for businesses close to
major building projects• Public Realm Projects• Info on Large Developments• Support from 4 other city centre
BIDs• Strategic Influence
What if Southside didn’t exist?• No one to make up for the cuts in baseline
services• No clear lead on regeneration• No strategic influence • No lobbying on behalf of businesses• Lack of investment from city council• Issues with crime and ASB.• HS2 & Smithfield are coming!
So what is next?
That is up to you
We want your views to contribute to our plans for
BID2