The Glut Share at Holgate Allotments.

Drop in

Join us for our regular Open Meeting where we will share updates on the York Central development and what YoCo is doing to shape its future.

This month open meeting will be a drop in event with different activities going on.

Come, bring, swap and/or take plants and get advice for the planting year – in collaboration with Edible York.

Help build a map of our local growing systems, where is food being grown, where are our local glut shares – in collaboration with Morrell House Co-Operative.

Join a discussion about the green spaces on York Central, as set out in the outline planning consent.

From Great Park to ‘public spaces in which to be collectively creative’

The My York Central Big Ideas called for ‘public spaces in which to be collectively creative’ – the masterplan and outline planning consent depicts a ‘great park’ with people flying kites and walking dogs. How can we re-think the green space on York Central? If we thought of it as a common or commons what would that mean?

Beyond ‘park’ and ‘street’ to connected outdoor space

If – as in the YoCo Community Plan for York Central – we moved cars off the streets how could they become shaded, green and places for sitting, growing food and spending time. How might this take us beyond ‘park’ and ‘street’ to think in more connected ways about public space?

Co-owning public space

What different qualities might be offered by the community management of public space – might this, to return to the idea of commons, enable a rich mix of uses (such as growing) as well as access?

They’ll also be a YoCo stall where you can come for an informal chat and find out what we’re up to generally.