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Supporting Regeneration and Creative Start-Ups - What Can We Learn from Hackney?

25/07/2016

A traditional pub, standing alone in the midst of a massive development site in East London. This image seems to sum up dramatic changes that are being replicated all across London as regeneration transforms many Boroughs. Social and community regeneration, however, does not inevitably follow from investment in commercial property development. And ensuring that local communities benefit, and are not displaced or excluded by processes of gentrification, can be a tough balancing act.