Shaping Southbury Pop Up Engagement Event

Successful Pop-Up Engagement Event at Southbury Laundrette!

On Saturday, 8th November, the much-loved Southbury Laundrette welcomed a fantastic turnout for a pop-up engagement event hosted by Fisher Cheng and the Journeys and Places team as part of the Shop Front Improvements for the Shaping Southbury project. The event provided a wonderful opportunity to inform local residents about the exciting upcoming improvements planned for the area.

Two new young creatives, Mamusu and Shanice, have joined the Shaping Southbury Shopfront Improvements initiative and are working alongside Fisher Cheng. Together, they shared a series of boards showcasing ideas and aspirations for enhancing the shopfronts along Southbury Road. Residents actively participated, sharing their feedback and helping to shape the project with their feedback.

As part of the engagement, a colour wheel was introduced, allowing residents to directly contribute by selecting their preferred and most fitting colour schemes for the shopfront improvements.

Project Centre, a leading design, engineering, and landscape architecture consultancy overseeing the creation of a new pedestrian-friendly crossing on Southbury Road, also shared initial illustrations of the proposed crossing, giving residents an exciting glimpse of future enhancements to the area’s infrastructure.

The event was a great success, drawing many local residents in attendance. It was an inspiring afternoon, witnessing the enthusiasm and hearing the voices of those helping to shape the Southbury programme. This meaningful engagement ensures the project will have a direct and positive impact on the community, driven by the authentic voices of Southbury.

Join us for the next engagement event on 5th December at Giovanni’s Italian Deli, from 12pm to 2pm. Come along to learn more about the public realm improvements being delivered, hear about the exciting new art trail currently being co-curated with students from Heron Hall School, and help shape new signage being developed to promote local businesses. For more details, please click here.