Over the past two decades Hackney Wick/ Fish Island has emerged as one of the leading creative and cultural areas in London, with hundreds of artists’ studios, creative businesses of all sectors and new cultural and community venues springing up. At the same time, the area is under significant development pressures and there is a need to support this economy locally, while ensuring that growth here includes local communities.
We Made That partnered with Tom Fleming Creative Consultancy and Hatch Regeneris to develop proposals to become one of the Mayor of London’s first designated Creative Enterprise Zones - districts of London for which a set of targeted and tailored planning, investment and support activities will be developed. The strategy provides a game-changing opportunity to support the sustainable and inclusive growth of this important creative district.