The Leonberg, Germany 2022 Perspektivenwerkstatt (aka Charrette) and next steps “Leonberg is a car city” is something you can often hear locally. In the past, motorway-like roads have been laid through the town centre and there is a general lack of environmental quality and social meeting spaces. The aim of…
John Thompson, internationally renowned pioneer of collaborative placemaking, has sadly died at the age of 78 after a long illness. Below we reproduce a reflection on John’s life and career first published in January 2023 by JTP where he was Chairman from 1994 until 2016. An obituary also appeared in…
In 2021 Charles Campion, author of 20/20 Visions and partner at JTP, joined the newly established Soil in Construction and Planning Task Force based at Lancaster University. The Task Force has recently produced a new report which seeks to drive better management of soils through the planning and construction stages of…
Adie Dove is founder and director of Bodmin based Kick Back Street Kids (KBSK) Performing Arts. In this second blog from Bodmin, Adie sets out her passion and mission for KBSK and why she welcomed the Bodmin Town Centre Charrette held in March 2022. “The Charrette process has demonstrated the…
Social entrepreneur John Lakey tells the story behind Poly Rhythm, an innovative, free musical instrument library founded during lockdown to serve the Bodmin community. For many of those who just travel through Bodmin, those going to holidays homes on the North Coast, to surf the wild Atlantic waves at Polzeath…
