Creating a brief through experimentation

A hub for creativity? A place for growing, cooking and eating together? Join us to cook, eat, chat and imagine what York Central could be?

Credit: Mikejamesshaw. WikiMedia Commons

York Central Learning Hub: A Community Made Through Exchange

18th July 2022, Drop in 10-2pm / 4-7pm

Choose 2 Cafe (map)

Choose 2 Cafe is located inside Hull Road Park.

No need to book but if you’d like to register interest and keep in touch with the event sign up via Eventbrite

A hub for everyday creativity? A place for growing, cooking and eating together?

Join us to cook, eat, chat and imagine what York Central could make possible for living, learning, working and visiting.

York Central will be a huge new part of York to be built on the railway land between the Station and Water End. It offers so much potential for all of us who live and work in York.

Big ideas that emerged from the public conversation about York Central included a community made through exchange, a space that enables everyday creativity and public and green spaces for growing.

We at YoCo: York Central Co-Owned want to push these ideas further and build a network to bring them to life on the ground on York Central.

On 18th July we want to explore what kinds of activities we want to make possible and what facilities and spaces we might need.

We’ve got some questions but we also wanted to try out some of the ideas floating around, so we can learn through doing. We’re delighted to be collaborating with Choose 2 and Food Circle so we can join in with their innovative and exciting work through cooking and eating local produce and be inspired to imagine what York Central might add.

• Can we make outdoor space on York Central which enables food growing and creativity, alongside truly wild spaces? How might York Central contribute to our local food system?

• What kinds of intergenerational learning and sharing might we want to enable? What would you want to learn or share?

• What sort of facilities and spaces will be needed? How should the facilities be run – who should be involved and how should decisions be made?

• How can we create meanwhile uses on York Central that can incubate local businesses, learning, growing and other community networks to create community wealth and wellbeing on York Central?

This workshop was developed through conversations with York Learning, Food Circle, St Paul’s School, Pig and Pastry, Good Food York, York Collective and many other people who care about local food.

The workshop is funded by the University of York.

Credit: Mikejamesshaw. WikiMedia Commons