So we’ve written a ‘how to’ guide to tackling #highstreet vacancy…
…or at least an introduction to our ‘audit, engage, encourage, promote’ approach as we’ve run it or are underway in 33 #TheVacantShopsAcademy locations.
Hopefully it’ll be helpful to town or city centres with empty unit rates in the mid / high teens or even 20+ per cent.
It’s also aimed at places looking to improve their current mix of use types or to find a way to get a small number of tricky long-time vacants back into play.
If any of those is your place, please take a look and let us know what you think.
We also cover the ‘why’ – the opportunity that empty units present, the chance it could mean for a range of different use types to make your offer more varied and your economy more resilient, and the reality that where vacancy is up to those kinds of numbers it’s very likely to get worse if you’re not on the case.
The team at High Streets Task Force have kindly slotted it into their Library of #placemaking resources so it’s easily accessible.
We’re always keen to talk to council and #BID teams who are working on this key metric or would like to, so do get in touch…
