Category Archives: Tredegar

I’ve been checking in on this building every time I’ve been in town and watched as the community-led team have slowly, carefully brought it back into play. Now – as you can see from our lead image – it’s no … Continue reading →

“Absolutely amazing”. “Brilliant.” “Awesome work”. “Beautiful.” “Wow.” “Stunning.” “Love this.” 800+ reactions, 80+ comments in just 4 hours (and counting), the vast majority of them variations on those above. It’s the latest wall art by the team we’re lucky to … Continue reading →

Another intriguing element of our tackling vacancy work in Tredegar is the role an historic landmark is playing now and might do going forward. It’d be really interesting to hear examples from #highstreet #placemaking colleagues of famous features in your … Continue reading →

Brilliant to be back in Tredegar to see the latest in their stunning wall and street art series, with more to follow… It’s a really insightful example I know other ‘place partnership’ teams are taking an interest in of how … Continue reading →

It’s great to see stunning #streetart out & about in town and city centres… …and I am a big believer in the positive impact it can have on a place, including where we’re working on tackling #highstreet vacancy. So it … Continue reading →

An insightful and encouraging 3-day out & about in Tredegar for our tackling #highstreet vacancy project. Meeting the owner of one newly opened business with three more readying to open in the town centre and hopefully another two in the … Continue reading →

…what’s that got to do with filling empty shops…? Typically the ‘next steps’ we draft for #TheVacantShopsAcademy tackling #highstreet vacancy locations are only half about the empty units themselves. The rest are more general #placemaking topics: markets, street scene, events, … Continue reading →

Always enjoy our out & about time with #TheVacantShopsAcademy in Abertillery and Tredegar (and today also looking in on Brynmawr). Learned lots as ever with new #highstreet #placemaking projects to see (of which more in the next post). But struck … Continue reading →