Public's opinion holds key to planning
OPPORTUNITY Peterborough has pledged that this year they aim to engage with more people to ensure the city's growth is for Peterborough, by Peterborough.
OPPORTUNITY Peterborough has pledged that this year they aim to engage with more people to ensure the city's growth is for Peterborough, by Peterborough.The urban regeneration company, whose tagline is 'You're Part of Our Plan', is compiling a dedicated programme of communications that will help local people and members of the city, national and international business and property communities understand and guide Peterborough's growth.
New technologies, social networking sites, blogs, newsletters, and more engagement events are at the heart of this programme, which they are currently putting into place.
Chief executive of Opportunity Peterborough, Steve Compton, said: "While laying down the strategy to guide the city's growth we have engaged with local people and businesses through ongoing consultation events, media activity, mailing campaigns and talks to community groups.
Related: Meet the Opportunity Peterborough team
Read more from our feature:
Future Peterborough: Regeneration special in association with Opportunity Peterborough - peterboroughtoday.co.uk/futurepeterborough.
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"Now we are moving into the delivery phase of some of these projects we recognise the importance of developing the ways in which we talk to local people and gain their feedback on how we are progressing."
The company's new website, www.opportunitypeterborough .co.uk, has already proved a popular resource for launching strategic documents and is visited by more than 114 people per day.
During the consultations for the City Centre Area Action Plan and South Bank in February and March the website had in excess of 600 people download information from the dedicated consultation areas.
Now, the company is seeking to develop the site further to make it more accessible and easier to navigate.
"We are dedicated to ensuring that people are kept up-to-date with activity that is taking place within the city with simple and easy to access information and have placed communications at the heart of what we are delivering, so that people can seize the opportunities and get excited about the future of their city."
If you would like a member of the Opportunity Peterborough team to talk at your community or business event call Holly-Marie Draper on 01733 317414, or e-mail info@opportunity peterborough.co.uk.
For further information on Opportunity Peterborough and the growth of the city visit: www.opportunitypeterborough.co.uk
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