03 Dec Community brings life back to unused buildings
How does a community organisation beat the commercial sector to bring disused buildings back to life? The Assembly Line founder, Diane Cunningham, headed to Hastings on a Don’t Waste Buildings...
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Our founder, Diane Cunningham, discusses issues affecting high streets, markets, town centres and small businesses. We love exploring new places and revisiting old ones to see the changes.
Here, you can find interviews with clients and colleagues, events and research, alongside observations from what we have learnt on projects and when out and about.
24 Nov Bridging the gap between public and private sector communications
Working with the public sector, whether it’s planning, regeneration, or community activities, can be rewarding, but different priorities and ways of working can add challenges to project delivery.Drawing on her...
12 Nov Sunderland: Tackling regeneration on a grand scale
Sunderland is undergoing a vast city-wide regeneration programme, and The Assembly Line founder Diane Cunningham went to see what is happening on a recent trip to the North East.The focus...
29 Oct How can we make high streets easier to fix, now?
October saw the launch of the Boosting Britain’s High Streets campaign at the Palace of Westminster, and The Assembly Line founder, Diane Cunningham was there.The campaign has been developed by...
02 Oct Successful regeneration and place shaping – lessons from the North East
What makes a regeneration or a placeshaping project successful?On a recent trip to the North East, The Assembly Line founder Diane Cunningham visited a number of places that showcase what...
22 Sep What the property industry needs to understand about placemaking
With millions of new homes to be built it's easy to focus on the 'units' needed rather the sense of place and neighbourhood being created.The same can be said about...