Green Group - Feedback from Visioning Event

Workshop #2

Where?

• Main Beach
• Shakespeare Beach
• Eastern Docks
• Admiralty Pier
• The Cliff Tops
• Cruise Terminal
• The Harbour
• The Castle

How?

• Parachuted in
• Swimmer
• Giant Robotic Whale
• Within traditions of Dover
• Zeppelin
• Tall Ship
• Projected/Fired via Calais
• Surfboard
• Flotilla of ships
• Large carrier pigeon
• Modern/old boats
• Canoe/kayak
• Fishing boats
• Warning beacons
• Ferry and cyclists

Opportunities

• Kent community flame?
• Light sculpture – legacy
• Cycling
• Walking
• Beacons
• Technology and new media
• Flame burning on mobile phones
• Digital pics on cliffs – light up
• Digital visual switch on
• Mass event and celebration
• All Kent people are a beacon

 

Workshop #3

• Energy crisis
• Joyous and embracing
• Amazing
• Epic Scale
• Community feeling – togetherness
• ‘I was there’ – inclusive
• Heart-stopping ‘catch your breath’
• Don’t want to be disappointed
• Not poncy
• Local and national pride

Benefits

• Community regeneration
• Pride
• Self-confidence
• Re-activation
• Tourism
• Attraction ‘I want to come back’
• Return and go
• Economics
• Accessible
• Budgetted
• Legacy of options/chances
• Facilities (creative, sport, community)
• Reunite the two sides of Dover
• Regenerating local communities
• Legacy of social/health
• Economic regeneration/legacy
• Community celebration
• Tourism benefits
• Making people feel welcome
• Cheap warm welcome
• ‘Open’ Dover
• ‘Torch Day’ festival
• Demonstrate what we are capable of
• Identifiable locale