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SPD Outcomes Smithfield & Barbican Area of Change - Coggle Diagram

- - - - we recognise that public funding for cultural nonprofits is precarious and therefore support partnerships in which a developer commits to enter a long term agreement within which a cultural partner will be subsidised for a period of time while they can establish a presence in the new site and develop an income generation strategy
      - we recommend developers considering partnerships with cultural organisations consider a number of candidates, establish a clear and thorough multi-year partnership agreement and get specialist support in this process if appropriate
      - a robust a long term sustainable business model should be identified
    - - we support proposals for new cultural amenities in particular that will proactively offer meaningful opportunities for local and wider communities and educational groups to experience the facilities, with an emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion, the development of skills through cultural engagement and relating the activity to the specific site in the City and its surrounding heritage
- - - - we want arts embedded into architecture, into public realm spaces as standard
        
        public realm made culture ready
      - designs that contribute to effective wayfinding in the area for the public
      - Culture Spine
        
        look and feel principles and what they mean
  - - - and the Beech Street/Long Lane axis will be the focus for a variety of retail units.
        
        particular support for F&B / diversifying and enhancing the quality of this offer in the area, at a variety of price points
        
        support for 'cultural retail'
        
        "encouraging a diverse leisure, retail, food and beverage offer"
        
        encouragement of retail offers that can open into the evenings and support the area's night-time economy offer
      - not a Principal Shopping Area (PSC) but is a part of the City that is prioritised for new retail floorspace outside of the PSCs
    - - providing high quality and appropriate facilities for cultural production
      - leases at affordable rates that are maintained [AS LONG AS POSSIBLE] in the mix of other types of office occupier
        
        particular support for proposals that enable the mix of creative industries and cultural organisations with other business sectors on a day to day basis
      - root out other CEZ positions
      - look at Sian's wish list of City asks
  - - - within this, particular support for approaches that increase an understanding of under-represented or less visible histories and narratives in the City, and which support promotion of diversity of all kinds and which play with or challenge conventional readings of the City's history