Creative Placemaking Sprint

Creative Placemaking Sprint

A creative company has been commissioned to deliver a series of activities and events over the course of 2022. Emergency Exit Arts and Locality teamed up to create a programme of arts-based events on the themes of community, heritage, environmentalism, health and wellbeing.

The concept of placemaking here is about how local people are defining the new communities of Chilmington Green and the wider South of Ashford Garden Community. What spaces are becoming places or what spaces will become these destinations in future and how can they be animated today. The commission seeks to work with local communities, and local groups to tell these stories in interpretive and expressive ways. 

The team has prepared designs for a Chilmington Green flag which interprets the stories of local people and illustrates some of the things they like most about their community. These flags will be bespoke hand-made pieces displayed at each of the build areas across Chilmington Green. The hope is that they will become permanent fixtures and a recognisable symbol for the people living there.