Future Glasgow will deliver a new vision for the city, looking forward 50 years to 2061 with some additional focus on the period 2014 - 2025.  The project will provide a basis for public policy and investment in the city for decades to come.  

The public consultation provides the opportunity for all citizens, business and organisations in Glasgow to express their thoughts on what they would like the city to become over the next five decades.
 

Those wishing to take part in the consultation can do so in a variety of ways: they can take part by returning a hard copy of the five-question feedback questionnaire found at the back of the full city vision report to the Future Glasgow Team, Development and Regeneration Services, Glasgow City Council, 229 George Street, Glasgow G1 1QU or they can do so by emailing FutureGlasgow@glasgow.gov.uk.  They can complete the survey questions via the online form at www.glasgowcityvision.com.  The team can also be contacted by phone on 0141 287 7207/8616.

The consultation, which closes on 10 February, is the last stage in the creation of the final Future Glasgow vision document, to be published in late Spring.

Councillor Gordon Matheson, Leader of Glasgow City Council, said: “The public consultation for the Future Glasgow project is the final opportunity to make Glaswegians’ aspirations for the city we want in 2061 known.  Future Glasgow will start the next chapter in the city’s future and can only be effective if this vision is driven by everyone with a stake in the city.  The consultation will give our people, businesses and organisations the chance to say if they share the ideas already identified.  The findings from the public consultation will help to shape the future direction of Glasgow, so it is important to participate.”

Community engagement on Future Glasgow, involving over 2,600 people at 43 events during 2011, ran alongside a technical workshop programme with more than 100 representatives of public bodies, private businesses and academia taking part.

The initial themes that have emerged from the series of events as a vision for the Future Glasgow are as follows:

• Vibrant, safer and more tolerant neighbourhoods;
• A more accessible city centre and productive River Clyde;
• Healthier and greener lives;
• Better transport and communication links;
• Freedom to realise our creative potential;
• A more thriving, enterprising and active city.

The Future Glasgow team have collated and synthesised the outcomes from the public engagement and technical workshops into a draft vision document which can be found at www.glasgowcityvision.com.

The 43 Future Glasgow events in 2011 comprised workshops, public meetings, focus groups, school sessions, festivals and outdoor events and an online interactive option.  Feedback came in spoken, drawn, online and written - including 447 ‘postcards from the future’ - form.

The event audiences ranged in age from pre-school to over 80, included the indigenous population and people new to the city, and represented all parts of Glasgow.  Those who participated included politicians, formal groups and community representatives as well as individuals and families.