1. We have set out 8 Ideas for West Yorkshire to enhance our region's future in the world. The ideas aim to be ambitious, inclusive and capable of being accomplished within the first mayoral term in a way that is distinctively #WestYorkshire
THREAD https://www.arup.com/perspectives/publications/research/section/eight-ideas-for-west-yorkshire

2. We asked our team of 400 people based in West Yorkshire for ideas to reflect the fact that West Yorkshire is young, diverse, outward-looking, creative, innovative and entrepreneurial, with a unique network of towns and cities within a wider rural setting.

3. Idea 1: Powered by West Yorkshire - engine for the UK’s Green Industrial Revolution.
- A hydrogen economy
- Web of green streets
- Hydro power for homes
- Retrofitting homes & commercial property

Idea 2: Putting Young People at the Heart of Our Growth Strategy

-a children’s mayor & youth combined authority
-designing for urban childhoods
-health & well-being
-connecting young people with employers
-a “nightingale moment” for young people, as advocated by @annelongfield

Idea 3: Building a Culture of Innovation

-Innovative manufacturing initiative
-Real world testbeds
-Health economy
-Societal missions based on the SDGs
-Drones for West Yorkshire
-Innovation districts

Idea 4: A Digital & Data Office for West Yorkshire. Main roles:

- Digital economy (building on initiatives such as @NorthInvestUK)
- Digital public services & open data, building on @DataMillNorth & @ODILeeds
- Digital responsibility
- Digital bootcamps
- Digital inclusion

Idea 5: Magnetic centres - revitalising town & city centres

- Workplacemaking - creating spaces for collaboration
- New parks & parklets
- Town centres as community & health hubs
- Night-time economy taskforce
- Age-friendly centres
- Clicks & bricks - reshaping retail

Idea 6: Creative Beacon

- showcasing our cultural assets
- strengthening global cultural ties, based on our diverse population & reach of our arts organisations
- mills for makers - repurposing some of West Yorkshire’s 1350 former mills
- greenest place for screen industries