postcardsfromkirkcaldy has been dormant .
There is a lot going on in this most unusual year.

postcardsfromkirkcaldy has been dormant .
There is a lot going on in this most unusual year.
This is an update for 2018 of the original
POSTCARDS from…KIRKCALDY
More to come soon…
Today, Tuesday 8 July, I am working on considerations for a proposal to submit to Kirkcaldy’s Ambition about how to develop the methods for public consultation on the new look for Kirkcaldy. There is a need to visualise the wide range of ideas from stakeholder groups to develop the consultation output methods to inform all. Visual images of how the proposed new spaces and developments will look within the town centre are vital to show everyone how future spaces will look. Kirkcaldy Ambitions is the umbrella group that aim to bring the ideas to fruition.
Fife Council Kirkcaldy4All Adam Smith Global Foundation Fife College Fife Cultural Trust
There are now 4 key areas that are to be developed within the town that will need to be linked and connected by some methods of access routes through design development :
SOCIAL QUARTER
Retail Centre Pedestrianised Zones Spaces for street events Other Services provision
WATERFRONT
Car Parking Improvements New Sea Wall and Waterfront access provision Developments
MERCHANTS’ QUARTER
Adam Smith Visitor Centre Adam Smith Close Development Artisan and Cafe Culture zones Merchants House Spaces
Unique Independent Boutique and Specialist outlets Harbour Spaces
High Street links to Sailor’s Walk and Priory Campus Hotel Development
CULTURAL and HERITAGE QUARTER
Kirkcaldy Galleries Memorial Gardens Adam Smith Theatre Old Kirk Community Hub Fife College Educational and Venue Spaces
Kirkcaldy Town House Town Square Use Cultural events in the Town Centre Areas
All of these new distinct quarters or zones will require to be inter-connected to enable the town centre of Kirkcaldy become a holistic and co-ordinated urban environment that everyone can benefit from as the town centre develops as envisaged.
Another interesting and potentially powerful urban improvement initiative.
So far, we’ve spent a lot of time focused on the technical and administrative challenges of building something without creating an organisation, and getting it all working using Twitter, too.
But that’s only the first part of the challenge, and is only half of what Nesta and the Office for Civil Society have funded. The next bit is the important bit.
#wewillgather does one thing; it lets you get people together in a certain place, at a certain time, to do good things. When, where and what you do are entirely up to you. It could be five people for beach clean or a litter pick, fifty getting together and redecorating the local community centre, a few meeting up to start a new project, or a thousand for a flash mob to highlight an important issue. If you need any number of people, in one place, at the same time…
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Entrance Facade at Dunnikier Primary School.
These are the basic design methods and tools used to engage P6 and P7 pupils at Dunnikier Primary School in Kirkcaldy during this week, beginning Monday 25 June.
I am looking forward to seeing the pupil’s design thinking and creative ideas, when I open up the BLUE POSTBOX !
Danny Cepok, the Kirkcaldy Area Manager, introduces and explains the workshop activities to the business community participants.
I was introduced as the facilitator for the POSTCARDS from KIRKCALDY display. This was really good exposure for my MDes project. I was able to explain my ideas and thinking with a good number of participants.
The event and discussions were really very encouraging and it was clear that there was a genuine interest in the future well-being of Kirkcaldy Town Centre.
This event organised by Fife Council with Gordon Brown MP, was a very lively debate, from which a lot of invaluable information will be gathered and hopefully developed. Fife Council stated that they were committed to investing energy and funds into creating a better Kirkcaldy for All.