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carlytriskgrove2
Jan 120 min read
Unlocking town centre buildings for amazing ideas.
How do we unlock town centre buildings for amazing ideas? Get in the room early. Build partnerships based on mutuality. Talk about money all the time. These three pieces of solid-gold advice were taken from a workshop held by Platform Places , easily one of the most useful conversations I’ve joined on how to build local business partnerships. Two speakers in particular got me thinking: 👉 Erika from Kindred LCR : "It’s the relationship between our activities and our buil
carlytriskgrove2
Dec 12, 20251 min read
This is a post about pubs; we're loosing them faster than we're ordering take-aways.
In 2024, the British Beer & Pub Association estimated that 300 pubs closed across England and Wales - that's six every week. ...
carlytriskgrove2
Oct 8, 20251 min read
I believe dining together could be the most powerful public health intervention of our time.
I want to live in a world where I can share meals with others in ways that are good for my body, good for my community, and supportive of...
carlytriskgrove2
Sep 21, 20252 min read
What mass catering should look like and what I learned during my visit to the University of Reading.
Spoiler: It is possible to deliver great food at scale that’s financially viable and environmentally aspirational. This is just some of...
carlytriskgrove2
Sep 21, 20251 min read
If we’ve normalised the idea of public leisure centres, why not apply the same model to public restaurants?
After all, food is a public good, as vital to our health and community life as access to sport and leisure, and, like public leisure, it...
carlytriskgrove2
Sep 21, 20251 min read
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