Steering Committee Minutes

Creekside Charrette Summary

The following notes provide an outline of the Creekside Charrette process.

• We held five public meetings (attended by a total of 356 people)
• We convened five different focus groups
• We conducted over 20 one to ones

Kick-Off Day, 22nd June

• Design Team meets and has a walking tour of the area
• Presentations from Creative Process and Design for London
• Public meeting 1 discussed and agreed the Objectives, Measures and Strategies of the Charrette
• Public meeting 2 was a mapping workshop, during which participants highlighted important places and problem areas in Creekside, as well as things that were missing.

Monday 9th June:

• Focus groups convened: Use of the Creek; Creative Industries; and Hard to reach community members
• 1:1 sessions with key stakeholders
• Public meeting at Laban
• Workshop 1 focused on 24hrs in Creekside, asking What do I do? Where do I go? What would I like to do? Where would I like to go?
• Workshop 2 asked What will Creekside be like in 2018?

Tuesday 10th June:

• Creek Walk with conservation expert Nick Bertrand from the Creekside Centre
• Outreach workshop with local faith group
• Youth workshop with Addey and Stanhope School
• Designing and concept development with the Design Team
• Focus groups: Sustainability
• 1:1 sessions with key stakeholders

Wednesday 11th June:

• Designing and concept development with the Design Team
• 1:1 sessions with key stakeholders
• Meeting with the Environment Agency
• Public meeting at Lewisham College
• This was a drop in session, where participants got to see short presentations and pin-ups of some of the initial design ideas
• The Design Team were available for questions and discussion

Thursday 12th June:

• Design Team meeting with Design for London and Lewisham Planning Department
• Plan synthesis and development
• Technical reviews

Friday 13th June:

• Production
• Public meeting at the Greenwich Picturehouse
• This meeting was the final report back and concept presentation
• Discussion and feedback
• Vision statement sign-up
• Celebration