Rosieland Roundup 260 — CKM an MVP, new towns of the future, blogs as third spaces

👋 Welcome to another week in Rosieland where we bring you the latest in community building.

🌤️ What you've missed on Rosieland this week:

🏘️ Building new towns for the future | Gov.uk

The UK government is planning for the next generation of new towns that will be:

Vision led: have a clear long term vision for each town, with a distinct identity, so they become places residents are proud to call home.
Higher density: be built at a higher density that enables residents to walk to local amenities, take advantage of easier travel further afield and relax in shared, inclusive, open green spaces close to home.
Long-term stewardship: have a clear plan for maintaining the town through its lifetime, to ensure it continues to meet residents’ needs.
Community engagement: establish clear and effective ways to engage the local community in shaping the vision and goals for the area.
Well-connected: have effective public transport within the town itself as well as links to wider transport networks and support cycling and walking.
Business creation, growth and employment opportunities: provide jobs for residents and enable businesses to grow, supporting the government’s economic growth mission.
Healthy and safe communities: promote healthy lives, providing communities with easy access to parks and nature.
Balanced communities: provide a diverse range of high-quality housing with a range of housing types to suit the needs of a balanced community, including affordable housing and homes for social rent.
Social infrastructure: focus on building thriving communities, ensuring access to good schools, cultural and sporting facilities, healthcare and hospitals to ensure new residents have the facilities they need from the outset.
Environmental sustainability: support climate resilience and biodiversity and be ambitious in meeting environmental targets, meaning cleaner air, more parks and green spaces that are better for wellbeing.

3️⃣ Blogs as third spaces | James

James puts forward the idea that blogs could be seen as third spaces too, they can be:

Open and Inviting
Comfortable and informal
Convenient
Unpretentious
There are regulars
Conversion is the main activity
Laughter is frequent

📚 Book of the week:

I'm finding myself in a positive and energetic phase which has opened me to reading more books recently. This random find is next on my list.

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Flourishing Kin: Indigenous Wisdom for Collective Well-Being:

Dr. Celidwen’s identifies seven key principles found in Indigenous cultures worldwide that embrace virtue, ethical living, and spirituality. Each principle reveals how we can overcome isolation and despair, nourish healthy relationships with our communities and environment, and build strong foundations of well-being that elevate our life choices.

I maintain a list of all community-related books I find in the Knowledgebase.

🛠️ Tools:

ROOST is a community effort to build scalable and resilient safety infrastructure for the AI era.
Cademy is an all-in-one platform for educators, creators and organisers