Here is the latest news from the City Centre Regeneration Team
COMMERCIAL WASTE – 5 CASE STUDIES
The Cath Kidston Glasgow branch is a well-known shop situated on West Nile Street in the city centre which was blighted by dozens of bins, belonging to surrounding businesses, left in front of their shop window 24 hours a day. Since the new commercial waste project there has been a dramatic […]
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CITYTREE INSTALLATIONS
Glasgow has recently installed CityTrees on Royal Exchange Square and Killermont Street. Glasgow is the first UK city to have CityTrees installed in key city centre locations. Their arrival is a major boost for the city. Created by Berlin-based Green City Solutions, the CityTrees contain a plant mixture of mosses and vascular plants
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GLASGOW CITY CENTRE MURAL TRAIL – UPDATE
The award winning the City Centre mural trail and mural fund project won the Enterprise Award at the 30th annual Arts & Business Scotland Awards in March 2017 City Centre Mural Trail, funded by the City Centre Mural Fund, has continued to grow and attract attention and interest. […]
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CITY CENTRE IMPROVEMENTS
The City Centre Regeneration team in partnership with colleagues in Land and Environmental Services has undertaken a number of improvements to the look and feel of Buchanan Street Precinct. New traditional style benches have been installed, which have proven to be very popular […]
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HIGH STREET + SALTMARKET: PAST PRESENT POSSIBLE – UPDATE
Over the last few weeks, a team from Art Organisation WAVEparticle have been out and about on High Street and Saltmarket chatting with retailers and residents. The event planned for Saturday 22 July will celebrate the ancient heritage of High Street and […]
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SME WASTE MINIMISATION WORKSHOPS
Following on from the successful waste minimisation workshops held on the 15 June at The Lighthouse, Glasgow City Council will be hosting a further two workshops, in partnership with Zero Waste Scotland’s Resource Efficient Scotland (RES) Programme. The workshops will...
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HIGH STREET + SALTMARKET: PAST PRESENT POSSIBLE
Have you an image of High Street or Saltmarket to share? If so we’d love to hear from you! A team from art organisation WAVEparticle will be out and about on High Street and Saltmarket over the course of these next few weeks in June. With the aid of a large-scale map...
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(Y)OUR CITY – A PUBLIC LECTURE BY PROFESSOR WINY MAAS
Professor Winy Maas, a founding Director of MVRDV, Rotterdam based architects and urbanists, gave a public lecture in Glasgow on Tuesday 7th February 2016. Over 400 people attended the event in the St. Vincent Street Church
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CITY CENTRE COMMERCIAL WASTE PILOT PROJECT WORKSHOPS
The Resource Efficient Scotland (RES) programme will be running two workshops* on the 15th and 27th June to assist businesses in meeting the new requirements of Glasgow City Council’s City Centre Commercial Waste Pilot Project.
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