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The city of Leicester is changing…. creating vibrant development and exciting initiatives for those who live, work in or visit the city.
Mike Candler, Cultural Quarter Project Director
Our Performing Arts Centre will be very special; it will be a place unlike any other theatre in the UK. Its innovative, experimental, its going to present work of the best quality here in Leicester, but not only that its leading the regeneration of St. Georges south and contributing to the regeneration of the city as a whole. It will become the place you must visit to watch and experience theatre.
Sangita Karelia, Programme Manager
Leicester's Cultural Quarter is an exciting initiative aimed to redevelop the St. Georges area of the city. Through the projects a number of venues will be created to include the Leicester Creative Business Depot, the Performing Arts Centre and the Digital Media Centre.
Barry Pritchard, City Centre Development Project Manager
We've enormous plans for regeneration of the city centre of Leicester. To begin with we are taking out a significant amount of traffic that does not need to be there, and then rebuilding the streets to a very high standard. There will be lots of open space new street furniture, feature lighting and plenty of places for people to sit. The whole space will be really vibrant and exciting which will allow the shops and the street cafes to spill out into the space, we'll create places that people will really want to be.
Deborah Rose, Development Team Manager, Leicester City Council
This is the fantastic area that will become Leicester's new Waterside, with the canal, river and the rally park right at the heart of it, modern houses, shops, offices and everything you need to create a vibrant community. Imagine what it's going to be like to walk along the waterside and enjoy a drink or a meal at one of the fabulous Waterside restaurants or bars. It's going to be here for everyone to enjoy including the existing people of Leicester, but also the new people were trying to attract into the city to live, work and shop here.
John Nicholls, Leicester Regeneration Company
Leicester Regeneration Company is a partnership between the public and private sectors. Our job is to set a big master plan for the city centre and bring it about, that means new jobs and more diverse range of jobs, new homes, and new shops in the city centre.
Leicester's regeneration projects are part of a three billion pound investment in Leicester's future that is changing our city for good.
