Vince filmed a short video of the society’s Smart and Innovative City gathering. earlier this year upstairs at the Delany Hotel.
Using a basic video camera and editing software. Vince proves compelling user-generated content can compete with costly video production.
Happily. Vince caught some of the drama. which unfolded during the night providing enough insight into the difficulties the Newcastle business community has with engaging our current City Council.
Brand Newcastle: an image worth spreading
Newcastle is undergoing an image makeover with the launch of ‘‘Brand Newcastle’’ a new marketing project to change the city’s image from its blue-collar telegram data industrial past into a sophisticated. world-class city of opportunity.
And I for one would like to congratulate everyone involved with Brand Newcastle and I hope the people will support it.
If implemented well. such a strategy will make a huge economic difference to Newcastle. helping to attract the best talent. events. visitors and investment.
When I first arrived in Newcastle in the europe cell phone number list: segmentation by country mid 90′s. there was no emphasis on promoting the city. It was considered a waste of time and money for a city with an economy and reputation built on coal and steel to promote itself. But times have changed and it’s nice to see the economy and local attitudes have changed within the city since then.
Why not replace parking meters with docking stations?
Surrounded by Sunday newspapers with articles on London’s new cycle hire scheme. while I’m thinking about NSW’s horrendous transport problems – well I have an idea.
Let’s start replacing on road parking meters with London style cycle docking stations andcycle hire scheme. On road parking meters have no use other than clogging our city streets with parked cars and raising money for councils. Yes. we still need parking spaces. but let’s get the majority of the parking spaces off road.
Sydney has already invested $76
million in new cycle ways with the Lord business to consumer reviews Mayor of Sydney Clover Moore claiming it will transform the city into a cyclists’ paradise. Imagine if the state government had invested the half a billion dollars it wasted on the recently scrapped Sydney metro plan on state wide cycle ways and hire scheme.
