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1 . Invest in the physical environment
Target resources to make public realm enhancements that create more attractive , safer , and healthier high streets where businesses can flourish
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• Established Ealing ’ s High Street Taskforce to empower local communities and businesses to lead change in their local area
• Identified areas within our town centres and high streets where investment should be focused , including investment for public realm improvements
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• To expand membership of Ealing ’ s High Street Taskforce across the borough and bring in new expertise and partners
• To work with Ealing ’ s High Streets Taskforce to co-deliver physical enhancements across our town centres and high streets
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• Business Improvement Districts
• Traders Associations
• Residents
• Local Businesses
• TfL
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• Administering £ 600,000 grant to make high streets and town centres more appealing and to attract more footfall to support local businesses |
• Refine our approach to negotiating S106 agreements , to secure greater contributions towards investment in our town centres and high streets |
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• Secured £ 20,000 grant from the GLA ’ s High Street Challenge fund to invest in underused spaces on Acton High Street |
• Activation of public real through cultural events |
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2 . Thriving and resilient towns and neighbourhoods
Work with local stakeholders to ensure town centres remain vibrant and vital for the neighbourhoods and visitors they serve
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• Secured high streets resilience grant from the GLA to develop a new digital tool which brings together data and information about vacant units across the borough , making this information more accessible to all
• Co-developed Ealing ’ s first high streets action plan with the High Streets Taskforce
• Council is selected for the NLA ’ s expert panel on retail and hospitality where knowledge is shared across industry experts from the public and private sector
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• To bring forward pilot area based programmes , including the 20 minute neighbourhood approach , for Northolt and Greenford that provide coordination and partnership to invest in these priority neighbourhoods
• To engage landlords and new partners to activate vacant units and support job creation and business growth or start-ups .
• To promote empty spaces through better integration with existing online platforms including the West London Skills Tool
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• Landlords
• Business Improvement Districts
• Traders Associations
• Co-working space operators
• Cultural and community groups
• Organisations across emerging growth sectors in the cultural , creative , and digital industries .
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