Urban renaissance is the process of improving the quality of life in all our towns and cities and ensuring they are places that people choose to live, work and play.
Urban renaissance is essential if we are to ensure the sustainable development of the South East of England. Yet urban renaissance will never result from one agency working on its own. It can only be achieved by a range of public and private agencies working in partnership. In recognition of this, Arts Council England, South East was pleased to sponsor Urban Renaissance – Action in the South East, a conference hosted by the South East England Development Agency, the South East England Regional Assembly and Government Office for the South East at Reading Town Hall in January 2003. The conference focused on the major urban renewal and regeneration projects that are planned for the region and detailed in the Government’s recently published Regional Action Plan for the South East – Sustainable Communities: Building for the Future.
