We are preparing an ambitious strategy for a great City Centre; it will be developed in response to what you the businesses tell us, and founded on an expansive and integrated vision for the future of the city centre which draws widely on the successes enjoyed by comparator cities in the UK and Europe.
It will define aspirations and priorities to project Aberdeen City Centre forward as a world class city, among the best in Northern Europe. As a start we shall work up these schemes and be ready to deliver them post ballot. Thereafter, as impetus grows, other projects and marketing plans will emerge and reemphasise our ambitions for the City Centre.
The vision of the Aberdeen BID is to make Aberdeen City Centre one of the most vibrant, attractive, prosperous and liveable city centres in Northern Europe. The role of the BID Company is to stimulate the economy, improve on the existing attractiveness, and to market the city centre as a destination of choice.
You, the businesses, can help deliver £4m of additional investment over the next 5 years, access additional funding from the EU, and get an effective return on investment. If the BID increases the £1.1 billion city centre spend by 2% per annum, we add £22m of sales per annum, and £121m over the BID five years.
