Fighting to Be Heard

Abstract

Tom Russell puts me in the capable hands of Emma Wheelhouse, Senior Consultation and Engagement Manager of the Legacy Directorate. I know of Emma already, because she led the autumn of 2008 consultation events for Output C of the LMF. To try to find a way into the mysteries of the Olympic legacy, I had attended community consultation and technical stakeholder events in the host Olympic boroughs, and observed and participated in workshops, which sought feedback about the master planners’ detailed design briefs for each of the six ‘character areas’ for the Olympic Park in legacy mode.

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