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York's collective GeniUS! rises to challenge
YORK'S first community open innovation forum - GeniUS! - has been getting some inspired responses since it launched last week.
GeniUS! is looking for residents, community groups, businesses, entrepreneurs and innovators everywhere to come up with fresh approaches to some of the city's biggest challenges and today is posing a new challenge for everyone to get thinking around.
City of York Council, working with Science City York, is behind the scheme which is being supported by NESTA - the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts - which promotes innovation in the UK. If GeniUS! really takes off, NESTA could award the city £250,000 to take forward the ideas and lead the way nationally.
Initially, the GeniUS! project wants to get everyone - including residents, community groups, businesses, sole traders and students - to respond with suggestions and fresh thinking around four key challenges.
How can underused council assets like equipment, property, vehicles, buildings and land, be exploited to benefit businesses, the community and the council?
How can footfall and transport be used to generate income and improve environmental sustainability in the city? For example, could we install special paving on York's busiest streets to generate electricity through converting energy from footfall?
How can we help older and vulnerable people stay in their homes? How could assisted living, buddy systems, safety improvements and tools help to reduce isolation? Could it mean using innovations such as timers on TVs to help prompt people with memory loss to take their medication?
How can City of York Council work with small businesses more effectively and with fewer barriers?
All the relevant details and background information on the challenges are online and participants just need click reply to submit their ideas. Or, they can be emailed to genius@york.gov.uk
Since its launch one week ago, 100 people have joined the GeniUS! forum, 118 are following its progress on twitter - @GeniUSYork - and, most importantly, 24 great ideas have already been put forward on the first challenge - for example, lots of ideas have been posted about how new life can be breathed into the grade II listed Clementhorpe Maltings building, which is in need of renovation and has stood empty for years..
A panel of experts will select the most promising ideas and will work with the originator and partners to take them forward. Once a plan to develop the idea has been agreed, the council has committed to making it happen.
Cllr James Alexander, Labour leader of City of York Council said: "We know York is one of the UK's most creative cities and this initial response is really encouraging. I urge anyone with an interest in the city to visit www.geniusyork.com to get inspired and share their ideas."
Kersten England, chief executive of City of York Council said: "What a great start! Tell everyone you know about GeniUS! so we can all work together to make our city a better place to live, visit and work. We want to explore the potential for this process and to share our learning with other local authorities."
www.geniusyork.com
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