Tag Archives: community resilience

Policies for the City Region, the last installment: Community.

Posted on 8 July, 2017 by The Steady State Manchester team

Here is the final piece in our serialisation of our policy suite: Policies for the City Region. Our argument here is simple: a viable economy requires a lively and resilient community.  The State and local State can and must create … Continue reading →

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Unpacking how community business could make Greater Manchester’s economy more viable

Posted on 29 May, 2017 by waymarkingthesketchbook

May’s Café Conversation was held on 17.5.17 at Methodist Hall, Manchester. 15 people took part in a highly engaged, enthusiastic, structured discussion as part of Steady State Manchester (SSM) working on its journey on how to practically envision a shift … Continue reading →

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Achieving a viable economy – is community business the answer?

Posted on 7 April, 2017 by judith515

Next cafe conversation about community businesses and a brief report from our AGM… Wednesday 17th May 6.30-8pm Lounge at Manchester Methodist Hall Central Buildings, Oldham St, Manchester M1 1JQ There are many types of community businessess including shops, farms, pubs or … Continue reading →

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Policies for the City Region – serialised: Part 1, setting the scene

Posted on 23 March, 2017 by The Steady State Manchester team

Here we begin a serialisation of out report, Policies for the City Region.  This installment explains what we are trying to do, and the essentials of our Viable Economy approach.  It also gives a preview of what will follow.  But … Continue reading →

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So what would we do? Towards an alternative strategy for the city region

Posted on 6 November, 2016 by The Steady State Manchester team

Download the Working Paper here It is easy to be critical. We are critical of the way our city and regional leaders have generally tackled the difficult problem of economic, social and environmental viability. We see their approach as based … Continue reading →

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Withington Road – Looking in the right place for a compassionate, viable economy

Posted on 30 November, 2015 by The Steady State Manchester team

Click for the pdf version of this post. Where are we most likely to find models for a viable economy? We recently discovered there are more answers than we realised without looking very far. There is a strong economic case … Continue reading →

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Mayor Tony Lloyd responds to our Open Letter.

Posted on 9 September, 2015 by The Steady State Manchester team

We have now received a response from Tony Lloyd to our open letter about DevoManc. In that letter, which received a lot of interest and support, we did two things. First we shared ideas about how to begin addressing the … Continue reading →

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An open letter to Tony Lloyd, Interim Mayor of Greater Manchester

Posted on 6 July, 2015 by The Steady State Manchester team

In this open letter, Steady State Manchester’s Mark Burton invites Tony Lloyd, the newly appointed interim Mayor of Greater Manchester to take steps to redress the democratic deficit in the devolution deal and to focus on supporting the local economy, … Continue reading →

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