We’re absolutely delighted to be holding the third Place Pizzazz event on November 12th at the Casa Hotel in Chesterfield. Why Chesterfield you may ask? Well we have tried to visit exemplars of a place led approach and locations that are as easy as possible to get to for our valued audience, hence previously Coventry (Coventry and Warwickshire) and Stoke on Trent (Staffordshire).
Chesterfield has been on its place led journey for about 12 years and we’re incredibly proud of our relationship with the town and area. We worked with stakeholders to create the original place story, visual brand and mechanisms to sustain the approach and had a part to play in the recruitment of local legend Dom Stevens, Destination Chesterfield Manager. What’s great is seeing how the organisation and what it delivers has developed over time even though the story and brand have been a constant. It was a privilege to go back and help them review their priorities and activity a couple of years ago along with evolving their visual brand. This is a place that doesn’t stand still!
When Staveley (part of the Borough) was given Town Deal funding thinkingplace helped create the vision for the place aligning it with the Chesterfield story and when the town received Long Term Plan for Towns funding we were able to assist with time critical engagement and vision creation. Destination Chesterfield and the Council are a joy to work with mainly because they ‘get’ the place agenda and know how much it matters. There’s plenty to learn from them as an exemplar.
What’s more Chesterfield is about a hour and a half by train from Manchester, an hour from Birmingham, just under two hours from London and Darlington and under twenty minutes from Sheffield … it is brilliantly connected!
So please come along to this exciting free event, see Chesterfield, hear about their work, enjoy the Casa Hotel and most of all meet Dom!
Register your space here.
Huge thanks also to our kind sponsors Chesterfield Borough Council and Chesterfield based specialist IT company Addooco.
