Welcome to the Southside BID2

Consultation Event

Monday 27th April 2015

So what have we achieved since 2011?

Safe• Street Wardens• Dedicated PSCO• Pubwatch• Radio Scheme• Facewatch• Hate Crime Reporting

Centre

Crime down by 9% overall

Better Connected• Wayfinding Totems• Walking Maps• Improved Signage• Ask a friendly warden (3640

directions given in 2014)

Bright• Floral Trail Feature• Flowers on Street• Public Art• Chinese Lanterns• Beautiful Business Award

Light• Festive Lights• Tree & Feature lights• Lighting Projects

– Hurst St Undercroft– Southside Pagoda

Clean• Daily Litter Picking • Fly Posting Removal• A38 Green Wall • Fly Tipping & Graffiti

reporting• Hazardous waste

reporting• Discounts on recycling

services

Spot the difference?

Brand• £2.2M of PR• Award Winning Southside

Stories• Support for Festivals

• Birmingham Pride• Chinese New Year etc

• Southguides• Websites & Social Media• Ad campaigns & Visitor

newsletter• Invest in Southside campaign

Business led• Proactive Local Management Team• Help and signposting to grants,

business support and funding• Spotlight print newsletter• Southside e newsletter• Showcase Business Network• Lobbying and Influencing• Free training & meeting facilities

Influencing• Statutory Consultee for Planning• Support for businesses close to

major building projects• Public Realm Projects• Info on Large Developments• Support from 4 other city centre

BIDs• Strategic Influence

What if Southside didn’t exist?• No one to make up for the cuts in baseline

services• No clear lead on regeneration• No strategic influence • No lobbying on behalf of businesses• Lack of investment from city council• Issues with crime and ASB.• HS2 & Smithfield are coming!

So what is next?

That is up to you

We want your views to contribute to our plans for

BID2