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We need nature! Urban greenery can add much needed shade, encouraging people to use #ActiveTravel without getting too hot and bothered, and keeping temperatures down. City of York Council My York Central 😉

Hello local friends, collaborators & supporters. Please RT 😊 Leedscommhomes @ComLedHomesNYER People Powered Homes YoCo Community Good Organisation Jimm Reed Lucy Meredith Phil Bixby @philbixby.bsky.social Jane Hustwit Helen Graham

Always good to see jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky in The Guardian and this is a classic - when your Tory relative says "oh they've done their best" show them this:-they really haven't... theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The French don't mess around when they decide to turn the streets over to kids play (even if only for the day) PlayfulAnywhere

In deepest France and loving that the local bike shop doesn't even rate Sunday as a day of the week, and gives themselves Saturday off as well to, presumably, ride their bikes

This is so true. At a stakeholder meeting I attended about new public realm, one business representative said "the last thing we want is groups of teenagers hanging around". What, precisely, are they supposed to do? theguardian.com/games/article/…

We're at St Barnabas Church, York doing the table top sale (and potting up plants!) - come and find out about our plans for forever-affordable homes on #YorkCentral. Here all morning but will be talking through it all 11:00-12:00

'I’d rather pay rent to support my neighbourhood than finance my landlord’s pension!’ yorkpress.co.uk/news/24466413.…

If any of you fancy a bit of B&W photography mixed in with your retail experience (or just wandering #York city centre) then swing by Jigsaw on Stonegate, where you'll find three of my prints on the walls for the next month. QR codes mean they are almost dangerously buyable

As YoCo Community has been saying about #YorkCentral, home isn't just the four walls we occupy, it's about neighbourhood and local economy, the places we need to have nearby, which can be distinctive, lively signposts in a city York Civic Trust City of York Council

Phil Bixby @philbixby.bsky.social YoCo Community York Civic Trust City of York Council 'A city is not just a place in space but a drama in time....'

If the Community Right to Buy is to really help all communities play a part in the national renewal then Jim McMahon MP's Devolution Bill needs to scrap or reform the Assets of Community Value niche that existing community rights are confined in --->

Community-led retrofitting from the ground-up. "ਇਮਨਦੀਪ ਕੌਰ | Imandeep Kaur, the co-founder of CIVIC SQUARE, says the organisation supports community-led retrofits in many ways, from weekly skills-sharing and supper clubs, to an intensive regenerative building course" theguardian.com/business/artic…

Really enjoying English Pastoral by James Rebanks & his call for "nature everywhere" rather than intensive monoculture & big "wild places". In the same way neighbourhoods need trees & birdsong, not traffic everywhere and a drive to the park YoCo Community York Civic Trust

James Neward Phil Bixby @philbixby.bsky.social James Rebanks YoCo Community York Civic Trust Absolutely - as you know - and personally I'd like to better understand the extent to which an urban tree strategy delivers biodiversity.

Great Architects’ Journal piece on Hastings Commons & their fine mixed-use retrofit work in White Rock. Their Observer Building rights 34 years of neglect & 12 owners simply buying & selling for profit. People still ask me what community-led development is for... YoCo Community

We'll be at the St Barnabas Church, York table-top sale tomorrow morning asking "what makes home, home"? That table around which you gather with family or that bath which soaks away even the day’s worst worries? That front step where you chat with passers-by or that corner shop – let’s chat

Some thoughtful input at the YoCo Community stall at St Barnabas Church, York table top sale this morning - still time to catch both us and the sunshine!

Phil Bixby @philbixby.bsky.social St Barnabas Church, York And as a way of gathering together the conversations, there's now a blog at yoco.uk/blog/what-make…

Am putting my Twitter presence to bed in favour of the place with the blue sky - hope to see you there. YoCo is likely to exit too - become a member to keep in touch! <waves>