vISIONING GLASGOW - TABLE 12

Reactivating the City Through Connectivity, Creativity, and Bold Leadership

Synthesised recurring themes across discussions, emphasising activation, connectivity, community, creativity, governance reform, and a more walkable urban core.

Full details of the conversations have been collected in the Visioning Glasgow: A Call to Action - Collected Findings.

Key Themes

  • Urban activation - meanwhile uses, flexible governance, action‑first approaches

  • Connectivity - repairing broken links, especially in Sauchiehall Street, Finnieston, Broomielaw, Charing Cross

  • Family living - desire for families in the city centre (e.g., converting BHS to a school)

  • Creative economy - talent‑driven governance and development

  • Governance reform - stronger leadership, CPOs, new delivery mechanisms

  • River Clyde - ecological, cultural, governance‑level significance

  • Post‑car Glasgow - superblocks, pedestrianisation, 18‑hour city life

Table 1

People‑Centred, Confident and Connected Glasgow

Table 2

Transforming Tradeston into a Creative, Connected Urban District

Table 3

Reimagining Glasgow Through the River, Public Space and Civic Imagination

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Reconnecting Glasgow Through Heritage, Creativity, and the River

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Harnessing the Clyde and Creativity to Shape a Human‑Scaled Glasgow

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From Repair to Innovation: A Youth‑Driven, Collaborative Glasgow

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From Barriers to Renewal: A Culturally Rooted, Connected Glasgow

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Towards a Dense, Walkable, and Partnership‑Driven City Centre

Table 9

Unlocking Underused Sites to Create a Walkable, Cultural City Centre

Table 10

Unlocking Creative Districts: Tradeston, Sauchiehall, and Charing Cross Reimagined

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Repairing the Urban Fabric: From the M8 to a Liveable, Connected Glasgow

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Reactivating the City Through Connectivity, Creativity, and Bold Leadership