Keyword: community spaces

UK Officially Recognises Pubs as 'Assets' With Importance Beyond their Market Value

Picture: On the Commons David Bollier - Why should investors always have the upper hand in “development” plans when the resource at stake is a beloved building or public space? Why should the divine right of capital necessarily prevail? How refreshing to learn that England has created a special legal process for preventing market enclosures of community pubs. There is even a Community Pubs Minister, whose duty it is to recognize the value of pubs to communities and to help safeguard their futures.  So far, some...