A tale of two business improvement districts
Brixton and Harlem are 3,400 miles and an ocean away from each other. But the team at Brixton Business Improvement District realised that there was more in common between the two districts than you might first think – and it was this insight that led to the development of an award-winning twinning between the two districts.
The Brixton X Harlem festival reached across continents to celebrate shared stories and weave together the rich tapestries of two iconic neighbourhoods that are deeply rooted in the African and Caribbean diaspora. And crucially, it gave Brixton residents and businesses the opportunity to rediscover their own connection to the district. We sat down with Gianluca Rizzo, Managing Director, and Jessica Dyer, Cultural Manager at Brixton BID, to understand how they put community at the heart of this placemaking initiative and what it took to make the twinning partnership successful.
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