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Lessons from East Manchester?

A ‘basket case’?

Regeneration structuresMCC

NEM

EPNWDA

NDC/BeaconsSRB

SAZ HAZ

Sure Start

HMRP EAZ

Key stages of regeneration

1999‐2002 (NDC/NEM launch to Commonwealth Games)

2002‐2006 (creativity and consolidation)

2006‐2008 (problems of sustainability)

2008‐2010 (recession) 2010 onwards (Coalition Government, cuts)

Lessons?

• Leadership and agency are crucial

• Micro‐achievements within a difficult national/global context –but they matter

• Regeneration requires public funds and cannot rely on the market

• Regeneration as a thirty‐year project

Private investment via Manchester City Football Club

MCC political skills and  commitment NEM platform and land 

Future Prospects