One of the joys of this job is that it takes you to different places, you meet brilliant people working hard to make their town or city the best it can be…
…and you find special stories.
This is one.
If you read the previous post about Crewe town centre and all that’s happening there, you’ll know that at the heart of it is a community art space and gallery, now called Platform, led by Jamie Chalmers, Novae Baghurst and the CreweCreates team.
It started as a pop up in the former Works #retail unit at the front of the town’s Market Centre, hosting free exhibitions, family-friendly workshops and activities for the public, schools, colleges and community groups.
Now they’ve have taken a mighty step by moving into the long-empty, but much bigger, multi floor ex- Burton / Dorothy Perkins building opposite.
Tho it’s very much a work in progress, I was lucky enough to get a guided tour this week on one of its first open days.
The first expo, by Crewe Photographic Society, is on the walls, and there’s much thinking, planning and connecting around what comes next and how to make very best use of the first floor and basement as well as the ground.
It is great to see, and I know it’s something #property and #placemaking colleagues in other towns are watching closely.
We’d be really keen to hear of similar examples from your #highstreet…
And in case you’re wondering about the lead image. There’s a DJ deck there which took me back to my own (very long ago) mobile disc jockey days (who knew…?).
