Glossary
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Accountable body - The legal entity nominated to act on behalf of the partnership in taking responsibility for the receipt and use of SRB grant.
Actual Match Funding - Project expenditure financed by sources of eligible private or public funds other than the main source of programme funding. Money from private funds originates from private enterprise.
Added Value - The amount of extra benefit in terms of outputs gained as a result of a particular identified input to the project.
Additionality - A fundamental principal of public funding: a project should achieve things that would not have happened without it. The extent to which an activity is undertaken on a larger scale, takes place at all, or earlier, or within a given geographical area as a result of the programme.
Area Based Initiatives (ABIs) - Government initiatives for reviving communities aimed at tackling all the problems in a neighbourhood rather than one or two aspects.
Area Fora - A mechanism to engage with local communities and empower and enable local people to take a more proactive role in the community. Exist in all boroughs as part of ABIs.
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Baseline - Description of the current local conditions and recent trends (against which changes that are planned to be delivered by the scheme will be measured or indicated).
Benchmark - An indicator which allows you to measure the impact or success of a project by comparing it against something similar, e.g. comparing the number of people completing a training course with another similar course in a similar area.
Best Value - Regime that aims to continuously improve local government performance to ensure the best possible provision of services.
BME - Black and Minority Ethnic.
Brownfield land - Land that has been built on before and is usually in an urban area.
Business Extra - A new enterprise agency for Southwark serving small businesses in the Elephant and Castle and the borough as a whole. It is a partnership initiative, funded and supported by Elephant Links, the LDA, business support agencies, Southwark Council and local businesses. It aims to increase the opportunities for local people in Southwark to set up businesses, whether conventional or in the social economy.
Business Improvement District (BID) - Time limited, locally controlled partnerships for improving the environment and economic performance of a defined area of a town or city. They are created by groups of business within small areas to oversee and fund environmental improvements and the provision of a limited number of additional or enhanced local services such as street cleansing, waste removal, lighting and public security.
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CABE - The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment is funded by both the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the ODPM. It is a commission that was established to secure quality high architectural and urban design.
Capacity Building - Shorthand for a wide range of support, techniques, training and initiatives which aim build the capacity of individuals, organisations and networks within communities to contribute effectively to regeneration projects.
Capital Assets - Land and buildings (including any interest in land, and leasehold buildings), and items of equipment and other movable and immovable assets.
Capital Projects - Projects which have the specific aim of providing a new asset or facility or improving an existing one.
Central London Partnership - A private sector led partnership including eight local authorities: City of London, City of Westminster and the London Boroughs of Camden, Islington, Lambeth, Southwark, the Royal Boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea, Wandsworth and Westminster.
Childcare for Business - A project to promote child care and family friendly practices to employers in the boroughs of Westminster, Lambeth, Southwark, the Royal Boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea, Wandsworth and Westminster.
City Growth Strategy (CGS) - A scheme piloted by the Small Business Service in four areas to encourage towns and cities to develop and implement inner city strategies which put enterprise and business at the heart of regeneration, focusing on the competitive advantages of inner city areas.
City Tram (The) - A proposal for new tram route in London, which will complement Cross River Tram. The route with the greatest potential runs from Battersea to Hackney via Vauxhall, Elephant and Castle, Borough High Street, Bishopsgate and Shoreditch. The proposal is currently undergoing a feasibility study.
CLEER - Central London Employment and Enterprise Renewal programme - the name of the successful 2003 bid to the LDA for funding to extend CRP’s economic and community benefit programme.
Community Chest - Community Chests are provided by the NRU and administered by voluntary sector ’lead organisations’. Small grants of up to £5000 that are offered to community groups for projects to help them renew their own neighbourhoods. This could include money to improve skills, provide equipment, for start up costs, community consultation and development of fundraising.
Community Empowerment Fund (CEF) - A £36m programme to help community and voluntary sector groups participate in Local Strategic Partnerships and Neighbourhood Renewal, thus enabling them to get involved in decisions about how public services are delivered in their area. It is made available by the NRU as part of the National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal and restricted to the eighty eight pilot areas.
Community Empowerment Networks (CEN) - Funded by the CEF, Community Empowerment Networks provide outreach and support to the voluntary and community sector. From April 2004 CEN's will also be required to provide community support for delivery of local Neighbourhood Renewal Strategies in the most deprived neighbourhoods.
Community Enterprise - Combines community-led action with business activities aimed at economic development and social gain. Community enterprises have explicit social aims and are accountable to their communities. They are independent but work in partnership with others.
Compact - A Government document and process defining and strengthening relationships between the public and voluntary sectors.
Complementary Measures - Complementary measures are initiatives which, while beneficial on their own, further enhance the benefits provided by a project. CRP’s projects usually encompass physical as well as social and economic initiatives.
Connexions - A service which aims to keep 13-19 year olds in learning.
Corporate and Social Responsibility - Making links with the communtiy
Cross Rail - A rail link originally proposed in the 1989 Central London Rail Study and safeguarded by the Secretary of State in 1991. An east-west, cross-central London rail link between Paddington and Whitechapel serving Heathrow Airport, Isle of Dogs and Stratford. A second rail link between Hackney and south-west London has also been proposed but the precise route, the character and the role of the link have not yet been assessed.
Cross River area - Includes areas of the London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark, the City of Westminster and Corporation of London, both north and south of the river. This extends from Vauxhall Bridge to Tower Bridge and incorporates the area south of the river known as London South Central.
Cross River Tram - One of two new tram schemes in London which will run from Camden, via Kings Cross, Euston and Covent Garden and Waterloo to Peckham and Brixton. CRP's promotional role in this project involves PR and publicity, project development, co-ordination of stakeholders' involvement and ensuring effective partnership working.
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Deadweight - Expenditure and activity associated with a particular project, which would have occurred without assistance from the SRB.
Delivery Plan - Plan produced annually by a partnership setting out: what the scheme intends to achieve; the cost; the partnership arrangements; descriptions of existing and planned local conditions, quantifies results and funding.
Depreciation - The calculated losses in value of an asset due to age, wear and tear, deterioration or obsolescence. Depreciation must be calculated according to your organisation’s depreciation policy.
Discount rates - The annual percentage rate at which the value of money reduces over time to give a present day value.
Displacement - The extent to which the programme or the activity supported by it takes market share, labour, land or capital from other local firms.
Draft London Plan - The draft London Plan was published in June 2002 and is the Mayor of London’s vision to develop London based on three interwoven themes: strong diverse long-term economic growth, social inclusivity to give all Londoners the opportunity to share in London's future success and fundamental improvements in London's environment and use of resources.
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Education Action Zone (EAZ) - Local clusters of schools in deprived areas receiving special government grants to work together with others to raise education standards.
Elephant Jobs - A not-for-profit company managing a range of community resources, including Aylesbury Learning Centre and Aylesbury Access Centre offering community facilities and capacity building.
Elephant Links - London Borough of Southwark led regeneration partnership implementing initiatives such as the Community Information Exchange based in Elephant & Castle.
Employment Zones - Government scheme to help long-term unemployed benefits claimants into sustainable employment.
English Heritage - Government agency that promotes and conserves England’s historic environment, including buildings, monuments and landscapes. It awards grants for conservation, keeps a register of historic buildings and has to be consulted on planning decisions that affect the historic environment.
English Partnerships - The national regeneration agency, supporting high quality sustainable growth across the country. A key delivery agency for the urban renaissance and the government’s new Sustainable Communities agenda.
Enterprise Zones - Designated areas in deprived towns and cities where businesses can get exemptions from certain taxes, planning rules and other bureaucratic burdens in an effort to stimulate economic growth and create jobs.
EQUAL Research Network (EQUAL) - A national research initiative funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. It is designed to encourage university based academics and researchers to become involved with quality of life research for the benefit of older people, and disabled people and more generally to meet the challenges of the ageing population in the United Kingdom. EQUAL is also a European funding source.
European LIFE environment fund - Thsi fund contributes to the implementation, updating and development of EU environmental policy and legislation, in particular the integration of the environment into other policies and to sustainable development in the community.
European Regional Development Fund - Fund to promote economic and social cohesion by correcting the main regional imbalances and participating in the development and conversion of regions, while ensuring synergy with assistance from the other Structural Funds.
European Social Fund (ESF) - An important source of funding for activities to develop employability and human resources. It is used to add value to policies introduced to make a reality of the Government's objective of promoting employment opportunities for all in an inclusive society.
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Future Builders - A £125 million fund from HM Treasury for strategic investment in the voluntary and community sectors to enhance the capability of organisations delivering front line services. Future Builders infrastructure and capacity building consultation documents will lead to the creation of a strategic framework for the sectors.
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Gap Funding - A regeneration initiative to attract private investment in potentially risky projects by making up the cash difference between the extra cost of developing difficult sites and the possible market values if the project fails.
Government Office for London (GOL) - Acts as a bridge between Whitehall and London to deliver policies on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry, the Home Office, the Department for Culture Media and Sport and the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. GoL also manage programmes on behalf of these departments, support and facilitate links between partners and programmes from a London perspective.
Greater London Assembly (GLA) - The London Assembly comprises 25 members, all elected at the same time as the Mayor. The London Assembly examines the Mayor’s activities, questioning him about his decisions. The Assembly is also able to investigate other issues of importance to Londoners, publish its findings and recommendations, and make proposals to the Mayor.
Greater London Authority - London wide organisation with strategic responsibility for police, fire services, planning, regeneration and transport. Headed by a directly elected mayor, currently Ken Livingstone
Greater London Enterprise (GLE) - A commercially operating economic development company owned by owned by all 33 London boroughs. It
Greenfield Development - Development of land where there has been no previous development.
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Health Action Zones - Partnerships between the NHS, local authorities, community groups and the voluntary and business sectors in areas of high deprivation, aimed at tackling health inequalities and poor health.
Healthy Living Centres - Centres to promote healthy lifestyles and, tackle social exclusion in areas of urban and rural deprivation and among the most disadvantaged members of those communities.
Home Zone - Aim to reduce danger and dominance of motor vehicles in residential areas and make neighbourhoods easier and more pleasant to walk, cycle and live in.
Housing Associations - Not for profit organisations providing homes mainly to those in housing need. Regulated and funded by Housing Corporations.
Housing Corporation - The Housing Corporation is a Non Departmental Public Body, sponsored by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Their role is to fund and regulate housing associations in England.
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In Kind Match Funding - Where an individual or organisation provides a service or product to the project (e.g. donated time or equipment), the actual cost of the service can be used as match funding in kind. Volunteer time is also treated as match funding.
Indices of Multiple Deprivation - An official measure used by the government to target regeneration policies to the most deprived areas.
INTERREG (Abbreviation of Interregional) - A Community initiative which aims to stimulate interregional cooperation in the EU. It is financed under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). It covers three types of cooperation: cross-border, transitional and interregional
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Key Worker - Generally considered to be people who are essential to the running of the Central London economy and fall within three main groups – economy, community and support. Usually refers to public sector staff, such as nurses, police officers and teachers.
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Lambeth Voluntary Action Council (LVAC) - An independent voluntary organisation which represents, supports and develops the London borough of Lambeth’s voluntary and community sector through the development of new initiatives to meet community needs and through promotion of co-operation between the voluntary and statutory sectors within Lambeth.
Leakage - The level of activity, which is lost to the area e.g. the number of jobs created which residents from outside the area take.
Learning and Skills Council (LSC) - Responsible for funding and planning education and training for over 16 year-olds in England. The Learning and Skills Council is an important member of Cross River Partnership. We greatly value the support offered by the Learning and Skills Council.
Letter of Intent - A letter from an organisation other than the applicant expressing its support for a project, either financially or by other means.
Leverage - Additional funds which are committed to a programme to complement programme funding, usually referring to private sector funds.
LIP - Under the Greater London Authority Act 1999 each London borough council was tasked with preparing a Local Implementation Plan (LIP) containing its proposals for implementing the Mayor's Transport Strategy (MTS). TfL provides financial assistance to boroughs, sub-regional partnerships and cross-borough initiatives for borough-based transport related projects.
Local Area Management (LAM) - Improved or integrated management of the public realm and wider environment through localised action on cleansing, crime and personal safety and visual attractiveness.
Local Strategic Partnerships (LSP) - Non-statutory bodies, which aim to bring together at a local level a range of stakeholders - from the public, private, voluntary and community sectors to ensure their cooperation in the regeneration of deprived neighbourhoods. Local partners working through a LSP will be expected to take many of the major decisions about priorities and funding for their local area.
London Cycle Network - A government organisation with the aim of providing a network of safe, convenient and conspicuous cycle routes linking residential areas with all the major centres of employment, retailing, leisure and transport across the London.
London Development Agency (LDA) - A new regional body that has been created to promote economic development and regeneration and will be responsible for formatting and delivering the Mayor’s Economic Development Strategy for London. Established in July 2000.
London South Central - A strategic regeneration priority area, identified by Government Office for London, and the GLA / LDA comprising north Lambeth, and north-west Southwark.
London South Central Forum - A voluntary alliance comprising Elephant Links, Cross River Partnership, Pool of London Partnership, Waterloo Project Board, Lambeth Council, Westminster City Council, Southwark Council, Corporation of London, with LDA / GLA as observers. The Forum shares information to avoid duplication, overlaps, maximise synergies and outcomes, extract value for money and exchange best practice.
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Mainstream(ing) - An approach which sees deprivation being tackled through the bending of core programmes and spending by organisations such as the police, health service, local authority.
Mayor's Economic Development Strategy - An agenda to promote and develop London’s strengths whilst also addressing the challenges it faces. It is based on four guiding principles, economic growth, knowledge and learning, diversity, inclusion and renewal, sustainable development.
Milestones - Key events with dates, marking a clear stage of progress towards a final outcome.
Monitoring - Regular collection and analysis of input, output and outcome data, together with information concerning the problems being addressed.
Multiplier Effect - The knock on impact of direct project investment. For example, new jobs increase disposable incomes and hence demand, leading to more jobs.
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Neighbourhood Renewal - The physical, economic and social recovery of a Neighbourhood. Most recently this approach is reflected in the National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal and specifically the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund which allocates money to Local Authority Districts.
Neighbourhood Renewal Fund - Provides eighty-eight of the most deprived council areas in the country with a combined total of nine hundred million pounds over three years from 2001-02. Aimed at kick-starting regeneration initiatives.
Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy - The government’s master plan for regenerating deprived parts of the country. Published in 2001 with the aim of ensuring that within 10-20 years no one should be seriously disadvantaged by where they live.
Neighbourhood Renewal Unit (NRU) - Part of the ODPM and set up to deliver ‘Neighbourhood Renewal: A National Strategy Action Plan’ which was launched by the Prime Minister on 15 January 2001. The Strategy sets out the Government's vision for narrowing the gap between deprived neighbourhoods and the rest of the country.
New Deal - Scheme that aims to move the long-term unemployed benefits claimants into the job market through training, work placements and subsidised employment.
New Deal for Communities - Government initiative to tackle deprivation by providing intensive financial and other support to run-down parts of the country.
Not for Profit Organisations - A voluntary sector or charity sector organisation.
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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) - Formerly the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. Created on the 29th May 2002 taking responsibility for policy areas from both the old Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions and Cabinet Office. The ODPM brings together regional and local government (including the regional Government Offices), housing, planning and regeneration along with the social exclusion unit and neighbourhood renewal.
One London - A partnership between the private, public and community sectors. Its members are major UK companies, GLE, the Corporation of London and a major educational establishment. Its aim is to develop and deliver innovative and practical approaches to enterprise and community development across the capital, with a special focus on inclusion.
Opportunity Areas - Areas identified in Draft London Plan (GLA 2002) as capable of sustaining substantial jobs and homes. Opportunity areas in the CRP area are Elephant and Castle, London Bridge, Waterloo and the Vauxhall to Battersea riverside area.
Outputs - The physical products or measurable result of individual projects, for example, the number of firms assisted and jobs created.
Outsourcing - Awarding a contract to a private, public or voluntary sector organisation to supply a service previously run by a public sector body such as a hospital or council.
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Phoenix Fund - A fund created in 1999 by the government to help entrepreneurs in deprived areas to start up businesses.
Pool of London Partnership - London regeneration partnership concentrating on the themes of environment and infrastructure, education and citizenship, basic skills, employment and business.
Project Appraisal - The process by which an individual project is assessed to provide value for money and benefit the scheme.
Public Match Funding - Financial support provided to a project by a publicly funded organisation must be at least 10 per cent of the total project cost in an ESF funded project, and must normally be at least equal to the amount of ERDF in a project. This is usually 50/50 for SRB.
Public Policy - Decisions taken by political actors in relation to any issue impacting upon citizens. The public policy sets out how the political actors intend to address the issue.
Public Private Partnership (PPP) - Where an organisation, such as a council or government department, strikes a deal that allows the private sector to deliver a public service.
Public Realm - Relates to all those parts of the built and natural environment where the public has free and unrestricted access. It encompasses all the streets, squares and other rights of way, the open spaces and parks and the ‘public/private’ spaces where public access is unrestricted.
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Quango - Quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation sometimes referred to as a non-departmental public body. Quangos are part of national government but operate at arms length from government departments.
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Regeneration Partnership - A group of people/agencies who join together with a common aim and objectives centred on the regeneration of an area.
Regional Development Agency (RDA) - Development agencies were set up in the eight English regions and London to promote economic growth and regeneration. The RDA’s outside London were established in 1999 and have progressively gained more funding and freedom from Ministers. The LDA is the Regional Development Agency for London and was established in July 2000.
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Section 106 - An agreement made under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to secure a planning obligation. Planning agreement funding, provided by private developers for transport improvements, is available under Section 106 and enables real benefits to be delivered locally.
Single Pot - Economic funding stream commenced in 2002/3 operated under the LDA and focused primarily on employment, training, business and site development.
Single Regeneration Budget - Primary Government funding stream created to narrow the gap between deprived and wealthy areas by funding local regeneration initiatives.
Skills Gap - A shortage of adequately skilled individuals in the labour market often linked to particular sectors of the economy.
Small Business Champions (SBC's) - Financed by CRP; Westminster, Lambeth and Southwark SBC’s provide a system for contacting, appraising, referring, visiting, reviewing and signposting micro and SME businesses to sources of guidance, advice and support. The SBC’s especially work to facilitate the inclusion of women and black and ethnic minorities in the economic development of the area.
SME's - Small and medium sized enterprises
Social Enterprise - A business that trades primarily to achieve social aims, while making a profit. Social aims might include job creation, training and provision of local services. They are organised along democratic lines, with stakeholders having full say in the direction of the business. Credit unions are examples of banking social enterprises.
Social Entrepreneurs - Individuals who are prime movers in improving or promoting social enterprises, which are democratically organised, ethical businesses with clear aims beneficial to society.
Social Policy - Efforts of the government to improve the quality of life of its citizens, in particular the most vulnerable groups in society (e.g. lone parents, unemployed, families with children and the elderly).
South Bank Employers’ Group (SBEG) - An association of the major businesses and cultural organisations based in the area between Lambeth and Blackfriars Bridge. South Bank Employers’ Group (SBEG) is an important member of Cross River Partnership. We greatly value the support offered by SBEG.
South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) - Established by the Government through the Regional Development Agency Act 1998, and came into operation on 1st April 1999 to take the strategic lead in promoting the sustainable economic development of the region.
Southwark Action for Voluntary Councils (SAVO) - An independent agency and membership organisation set up to support voluntary and community action in Southwark. Provides information, training and individual support to community and voluntary groups looking to develop services in the Borough.
Spatial Development Strategy (SDS) - The strategic planning document that they Mayor is required to produce. The SDS will have to reflect the land use and development implications of the Mayor’s various other strategies and policies. The mayor has chosen to call the SDS ‘The London Plan’.
Sports Action Zone - A programme with funding from Sport England Lottery Fund to improve sporting provision in areas of high social, economic and sporting deprivation.
Structural Funds - Aim to help promote the development and structural adjustment of a region that has fallen behind other parts of the European Union.
Sure Start - A cornerstone of the government's drive to eradicate child poverty in 20 years, and to halve it within ten. It aims to improve children's life opportunities by working with parents and parents-to-be in deprived areas and providing better access to family support, advice on nurturing, health services and early learning. Ministers are investing £580m in the scheme for the three years from April 2001.
Sustainability - The need for time limited initiatives to be designed in a way that leaves behind lasting benefits. CRP projects are planned with a forward strategy to ensure that they are sustainable.
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Unitary Development Plan (UDP) - Statutory Land Use Plan produced by unitary authorities such as London Boroughs.
Urban II - The Community Initiative of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for sustainable development in the troubled urban districts of the European Union for the period 2000-06. As a follow-up to Urban I in 1994-99, Urban II aims to boost depressed urban areas and promote an enterprising community with opportunities for all, creating a healthy and safe neighbourhood which can take ownership of its future.
Urban Regeneration - Comprehensive vision and action which leads to the resolution of urban problems and which seeks to bring about lasting improvement in the economic, physical, social and environmental conditions of an area that has been subject to change.
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Voluntary Action Westminster (VAW) - A Council for Voluntary Service with the aims of developing excellence in voluntary and community groups through capacity building services and support, enabling representation by developing community involvement, promoting greater understanding between the voluntary, community and statutory sectors and developing projects and services to meet unmet needs.
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Ward - District into which a city, town, parish or other area is divided for administration and election of representatives.
Waterloo Project Board - Delivering projects through SRB funding which focus on four main improving the Physical Environment, promoting lifelong learning, new jobs and businesses, ensuring sustainability and community benefit.
WEEE - European Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive which sets out recycling and recovery targets for all electrical products.
Workplace Coordinator (WPC) - Funded by CRP and based within key sector industries including healthcare, finance and business, hospitality and tourism, arts and culture and construction. WPC’s work to place unemployed jobseekers into jobs within these industries. Prospective candidates benefit from pre-and post-employment training and mentoring support during their first months in the new role. The Workplace Co-ordinators also work with candidates to achieve career progression.
World Squares for All - An innovative scheme set to transform some of London's key heritage sites into truly world class spaces to be enjoyed by Londoners and visitors alike. Trafalgar Square was the first of three areas to be transformed, with a new grand piazza giving it an open feel. Whitehall and Parliament Square improvements will follow.