Cork City Centre Strategy Final Report 2022

Principle 6: Stimulate investment

• Oklahoma City raised and spent on redevelopment: in return, private developers spent 8 times as much on new lofts, warehouses, restaurants and bars, and transformed the downtown. • Citizens voted for sales taxes levy to pay for investment in the city. In Malmö , the city government not only borrowed funds to clean up and install high-spec sustainable infrastructure but also persuaded the Swedish government to underwrite the Oresund bridge and pay for the new university.

1 Attract young wealth creators

2 Undergo constant physical renewal

3 Define city identity

4 Connect to other cities

5 Cultivate new ideas

Bilbao levied a separate water tax on all residential and commercial bills to pay for the clean-up of the polluted Navarro River . That investment opened the gate to private investment along the cleaned-up riverbank.

6 Stimulate investment

7 Develop strong leadership

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