Category Archives: Tredegar

…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 →

Some week that was… …and it’s why I love this job…! 💡 Three things, connected in a way and all of which taught us a lot. Tredegar is a #TheVacantShopsAcademy commission but a town centre where we’d thought our typical … Continue reading →

…to have the opportunity to be starting work with two special towns. 🤳🏽 Running the ‘audit, engage’ phase of our #TheVacantShopsAcademy approach in Abertillery and Tredegar for Blaenau Gwent Council, but reflections on a first visit were about the strengths … Continue reading →