20 things you could do in the

high street without shopping

1 make it a canvas

2 celebrate local

talent

3 hold a festival

4 tell a story

5 make space to

play

6 explore your

history

7 green your public

space

8 turn waste into

opportunity

9 meet someone

new

10 find a space to

work

11 learn a new skill

12 make something

original

13 freecycle your

clutter

14 make space to

protest

15 rediscover the

agora

16 plan your town

centre

17 find somewhere

to live

18 put perennials in

the potholes

19 occupy empty

spaces

20 watch the world

go by

‘High streets and town centres that are fit for the 21st century need to be multifunctional social centres,

not simply competitors for stretched consumers. They must

offer irresistible opportunities and experiences that do not exist elsewhere, are rooted in the

interests and needs of local people, and will meet the demands of a

rapidly changing world.’

Find out more Download our 21st Century Agora

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Centres forum Read ‘seven steps from ghost town

to host town’

pictur! cr!dits

1 Heather Cowper/ heatheronhertravels.com

2 IrenicRhonda

3 Robin Byles

4 Graphic Reality

5 David Elliott

8 Jasper Nance

9 Dan/ bhamsandwich

10 Ed Yourdon

11 Toban Black

12 Amber Karnes

13 Shazz Mack

14 Krawallmadchen

15 Howard Lake - www.flickr.com/photos/howardlake/

16 chatsworthroade5.co.uk

17 @monkeybanjo

18 the pothole gardener

19 Keith Bloomfield

20 Ed Yourdon

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