A new way of bringing building back to use and communities back to life

3. Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre
1,000 members - 9,000
permanent residents
£1.2m project

4. 200 shareholders
Unity Hall, Wakefield
£4m project

5. 600 seater hall

6. Huttons, West St,
WORKSHOPS Sheffield
RETAIL
GALLERY
CONFERENCING
£1m project - no grants - 200 shareholders?

7. MORE WORKSHOP, OFFICE AND MEETING SPACE
BAKERS, MICRO BREWERY, CRAFT
CAFE / BAR
LANDSCAPED EVENTS AND SITTING AREA

8. Hebden Bridge Town Hall
500 ‘friends’ in a town of 9,000
30 enterprise units, full within 3
months
£3.5m project

9. People
driven;
exciting

12. Key Fund offers loans up to £150,000, structured to fit
with income flows, and is prepared to take risks

13. 125 year lease, turnover related rent

14. So what’s different?
COIN STREET
13 acres, 50 shops, 220 homes, leisure centres etc

15. NEXT STEPS
• Become a self conscious movement - gather
round a co-operative property web site. Keep it
cheap
• Aim for a site in every town; seek out
opportunities and individuals to seize them
• Gather members and share property
management and business information
• Raise potential with decision makers