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TNC Website: treesnotcars.com
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Respond to the council’s plans here: Council Plans
View Trees Not Cars vision: Trees Not Cars Alternate Proposal
Leave feedback for the Trees Not Cars plans here: Trees not Cars feedback form
Manchester is bereft of green space. The city center is awash with grey. Who can hold back this endless tide of development?
Constant development is pushing out small parks. They are left at the mercy of machines and high rise flats.
Nowhere is this crisis more clearly defined than the old Toys R Us retail park at the end of Greater Ancoats street. The council rejected plans to turn the space into a park, instead, they opted for a 440 capacity car park! (Right next to a primary school we should add)
This enraged local residents who quickly formed the organisation Trees Not Cars. They’ve spent the past year campaigning to stop the planned car park.
Founding member Julia Kovaliova is coming on the podcast to share the Trees Not Cars journey, their vision for the development, and where their campaign is heading next.
Green space is creative space, and for a city tied so closely to its music, heritage, and the arts, the proposed car park plans must be challenged.