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John P. Houghton @HopeStStrategy

Founder of the Hope Street Strategy Company. Expert, consultant, advisor in urban regeneration, housing, and economic development. #place #growth #regeneration

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John P. Houghton @HopeStStrategy
14 Jul 2025
How to Build a Borough: Lewisham Is it time to reject the ‘#Lewisham Way’ and embrace a more ambitious approach to #growth? medium.com/@HopeStreetEssays… #London #housing #econdev
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I just published So, what difference does he make? Andy Burnham and regeneration medium.com/p/so-what-differe…
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As a consultant, I've helped design and deliver regeneration programmes that have won prestigious awards. But nothing generates interest like a mention of your client by Adrian Chiles! Runcorn is "groovy." lnkd.in/e88F5MCy #Runcorn #regeneration #PrideinPlace

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Chinese vehicle giant chooses Liverpool for its first European headquarters liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liv… #Merseyside #EconDev #growth #regeneration

Chinese vehicle giant chooses Liverpool for new European headquarters

City leader Liam Robinson flies out to China to seal deal that could bring jobs to Liverpool

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Launch event: Area-based initiatives to transform #neighbourhoods The research looked at 40 ABIs across OECD countries so should contain useful lessons for the UK, especially in the context of #PrideinPlace. meetoecd1.zoom.us/webinar/re… #regeneration #place #econdev
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It would be interesting to follow this through, evaluate the impact, and draw out the lessons for places like Thamesmead and old and new New Towns. bbc.co.uk/travel/article/202… #culture #NewTowns #art #tourism #econdev #regeneration #Italy #architecture

Italy's strangest art town is getting a second chance

Once dismissed as a failed postmodern utopia, the Sicilian town of Gibellina is being transformed as Italy's first Capital of Contemporary Art – and inviting travellers to see it anew.

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Not a bad view for the #regen2025 conference on 'Building momentum in the North West' with @Estates_Gazette. #regeneration #housing #realestate #Liverpool
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Some thoughts on the messages coming out of Labour Party conference and what it means for #regeneration. linkedin.com/posts/johnphoug… #HopeStreetHotTakes #LPC25 #housing #Labour #cities
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‘Singapore with Eastern Europe attached.” Alison McGovern quoting an academic on the scale of spatial #inequality and need for #growth outside #London. #LPC25 #cities
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.@AntBreach addresses this point about #digital #innovation although highlights need for standards and shared systems.
John P. Houghton @HopeStStrategy
29 Sep 2025
The other opportunity site(s) for that kind of supply and demand #fintech #plantech innovation to supercharge #housing delivery is one of the #newtowns announced this week. #LPC25 #Thamesmead
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The #newtowns are an opportunity to embed #health and #housing collaboration. @SharonStevenage is on the panel and supported @eelga’s research on #healthyhomes #LPC25
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“My girlfriend wanted to go on a romantic date to Bath, Bristol, Edinburgh. I suggested #MiltonKeynes”. Chris Williamson @RIBA speaks for the #housing #place and #architecture crew at #LPC25 #newtowns
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The other opportunity site(s) for that kind of supply and demand #fintech #plantech innovation to supercharge #housing delivery is one of the #newtowns announced this week. #LPC25 #Thamesmead
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The win-win opportunity here is combining @PEXA_Group’s #fintech tools with #plantech / #landtech platforms to supercharge housing and infra. @TracyBrabin is speaking at @progbrit. Leeds and West Yorkshire would be an ideal testing site. #LPC25
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To get around that #planning barrier, the opportunity for companies like @Equinix is partnering with #plantech / #landtech pioneers to develop a new model of speedy, data-led planning.
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There are a few things employers and investors welcome including a skills pipeline. But they can create that if they need. The one thing they *need* from government is a stable and predictable #ukplanning system. Until then UK will lose out.
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Powerful argument @antoniabance for smart intervention in #place and hard choices that balance nurturing #neweconomy and existing industrial strengths, with @GrowthandReform. #econdev #industrialstrategy #regeneration
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A briefing note and hot take on yesterday's #PrideinPlace announcement. linkedin.com/posts/johnphoug…? #HopeStreetHotTakes #regeneration #towns #cities

Pride in Place briefing | John P. Houghton

A summary of yesterday's Pride in Place announcement and a hot take on how it measures up against what we know works in neighbourhood regeneration. #PrideinPlace #place #neighbourhoods #regeneration...

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The future of planning will be a “people-focused, scientifically-based, digitally enabled decision-making process.” ‘More #data than document driven.’ #planninginnovation #planning #innovation #place #digital
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Looking forward to seeing 'The Last Dance' this weekend as part of the inaugural Brentwood International Cultural Festival . ticketsource.co.uk/brentwood… #Brentwood #culture #diversity #Essex #community #HongKong

Brentwood International Cultural Festival at Brentwood Theatre

Tickets are now available for Brentwood International Cultural Festival at Brentwood Theatre, Essex between Saturday 20th September 2025 and Sunday 21st September 2025. Click the link for further...

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This is one of the core elements of my practice as a #regeneration consultant. "It’s to stop imitating what other places have done and to cultivate a separate identity — to find something the community can do really well and start focusing on that." governing.com/urban/a-messag…

A Message to Struggling Cities: Be Yourself

When it comes to generating a revival, trying to copy what has succeeded somewhere else usually doesn’t work.

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