islington mill
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I S L I N G T O N M I L L• Grade 2 listed Heritage Building • ‘A mash up of every generations
cultural references’• Financially independent for 15 years • Privately financed not publically
funded • Manchester Region embracing
creative sector • BUT as Home and Factory are
incorporated , assimilated
Islington Mill remains in the hinterland
experimental…on the edge…..at the boundaries
50 radical businesses; 200 industrious employees; 1,037 amazing careers
I S L I N G T O N M I L L C O N T R I B U T I O N
Putting on 380 events (3 years)Playing to 65,000 people Sustaining Sounds over 10 yearsLaunching 3,500,000 records
26,000 sq ft of derelict space in useInvesting £1,1M to date
Adding £1.9M 2016Delivering £1M p.a. to local economy
Presenting 4,498 artists
From 35 countries
Attracting 43,909 visitors
Hosting 1,950 guests
I S L I N G T O N M I L L I M P R E S S I O N S • Isolated• Unaffected by its surrounds • Architecturally ignored • Visually disregarded• Littered• Uncared for• Impenetrable • Inaccessible • Closed to the public• Under threat • Defensive • Silenced• A walled garden • Where those who know • Step in• To a network of dens• Full of creative tribes• And those who don’t…………
are we missing the opportunity? •
P R O T E C T I N G C O L L E C T I V E I N V E S T M E N T ?
• Area without a plan • Collective investment in
Chapel St £100M• Plus lives and livelihoods• International Arts Leader• Collective risk? • Collective deficit
undermining investment : noise, parking, rubbish, conflict
• Collective reward
C R E A T I V E B E N E F I T
We know……• 60% of all other growth results from creativity
• Creative sector attracts entrepreneurs and investment
• Correlates economic success
• Correlates socially inclusion
• Enjoying high GDP & growth 7 x other sectors
• Increase commercial & residential demand
• Triple land and property values
• Add up to £9,000 per unit
• Equivalent to 2nd bathroom or acre green space
Islington Mill is walled in
S H A R E D R I S K & R E W A R D ?
What would we deliver
• Creative output
• Local Economy
• Social Inclusion
• Land Value
• Demand
(commercial/residential/ground floor
Who could be interested?
I S L I N G T O N M I L L I N S I D E O U T
Hinter
land
Pop Ups and Pilots
environment for investment
I N S I D E O U T • Willing Partners – use existing
resources differently• Multi agency delivery team• To deliver mutual benefits (clean,
creative, meantime uses)• Harness creativity Islington Mill • Future use Regent Trading Estate • Plan mixed uses so compliment
not conflict • Share risk and reward • Shared route map & priorities
I N S I D E O U T Environment for investment
• Islington Mill outward facing
• Willing Partners established – LA chair
• Multi agency delivery team identified
• Area clean and desirable
• Active participation invited
• LA Development Framework started
• Shared costs
• IM & LA committed £5k – willing founders required!
I N S I D E O U T Pop Up and Pilot • £150 k social impact launch
pad secured
• IM providing private sector match
• Crowd source ideas
• Salford Soup
• Field work in locality
• Invest in the best
• Applicants required!
I N S I D E O U T Salford Hinterland
• Vision for cultural Hinterland • A place that shouts emerging
creatives and entrepreneurs• Live, work, visit, play and stay • Playing to strengths• Collective offer & opportunities • Pooled promotion costs• Shared services – cost effective and
improved• Challengers required (eg managing
agents, ground floors, youth services, care, environment squad)
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