Draft Report v1.0
2.3 Preferred Futures - Ambitions
INSIGHTS: Future Ambition
The dominant aspirations were around city being recognised as ‘Greenest’ (including headlines around climate, carbon, biodiversity), ‘Inclusive’, as ‘Most Liveable’ and ‘Quality of Life’, as ‘Happiest’ and around health. Many referred to economic prosperity, including employment and entrepreneurship and start up businesses. Living costs, affordability, creativity, education, culture, food, accessibility, transport (particularly light rail), sports, play, young people, older people, all feature also, as well as places and spaces such as housing, waterways, harbour, and walkways. Of course, there was plenty of mention of Cork becoming the Capital of Ireland.
Description of Activity: Collected through a rapid ‘Headlines from the Future’ exercise. This short activity invited participants to imagine it’s the year 2050 - What Cork success story is making news headlines around the world? From these headlines for success we glean some key insights around
imagining preferred futures for our cities. High Level Summary Content Analysis:
Articulating preferred futures as stories, in particular news headline lends itself to also situation perspectives of Cork in a global context. Many responses refer to being Cork being recognised externally as leading in certain areas. These were often ‘in the world’ or global but see Cork in and on a European Stage. Key organisations and frameworks were referenced, for example UN, World Economic Forum and the Global SDGs. Often the headline indicates explicitly or implicitly the types
of measures we typically see arising from City and urban indices. • UN Security Council To Be Held In Cork As A Recognition Of Its Roles In Citizen’s Peace Initiatives • Cork Becomes Permanent World Capital Of Culture • Cork City Has The Highest Percentage Of Young Entrepreneurs And Start-Ups • No One On Our Housing List In Cork! Zero Homelessness Figure • Cork Creates First City Of Confidence • Cork Has Overtaken Copenhagen In The World’s Most Liveable City Index • Roof Top Garden’s On All New Buildings In Cork A Resounding Success • Best Place To Be Young In Europe, Like!
• Cork Harbour Tidal Power Generator A Success! • Rebel City Boasts First Active Travel Award! • Cork – The Shining Light – Europe’s Most Inclusive City • Great Success Of Olympic Village In Cork City • Sustainable Cork Feeds Itself • European Centre For Cancer Care Opens In Cork
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