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A tale of three cities
16 Mar 2010, 10:33 2 View Comments
Don't look back in anger. Downtown launched in Manchester last week with an event at Cloud 23, and it was a super night full of energy, optimism for the future, and a glance to the past. The Downtown brand, in part,...
Frank McKenna
Downtown chairman on life, business and the universe
96,000
1 Mar 2010, 09:28
That's a lot. Of what exactly? 96,000 hectares in areas of woodland more than two hectares in size in the North West. So? It's too low. Our region's level of woodland cover is lower than the national average...
Vital Statistics
Crunching green numbers
7,600
4 Feb 2010, 15:10
What is it? Over 7,600 bags of rubbish have been collected in Big Tidy Ups across the North West over the past 17 months. Why does it matter? Litter is 'waste in the wrong place caused by a human agency'. Litter...
Vital Statistics
Crunching green numbers
Flash points
28 Jan 2010, 14:46
While I wait for the next (and last) season of Lost to come back on my TV and for Kiefer Sutherland to scale back on his hedonistic lifestyle long enough to film another season of 24, my attention has been diverted to...
Richard Percy
Partner at Steven Abbott Associates, the Wigan-based consultancy, on the wonderful world of planning
Size matters
22 Jan 2010, 09:02 3 View Comments
English Cities Fund's plans for Salford are unusually big. Full stop. But there's a bigger picture about the rarity of these sorts of broad canvas urban regen projects that is interesting as we watch the...
Paul Unger
The editor of Place North West gives his views on the region's property and regeneration industry from the big news to the petty squabbles.
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