ANNOUNCEMENT 🌳 🚀 🌲
As a start-up, it is exhilarating to enter new stages; to arrive at that point, which you, as a team, have worked tirelessly for, after countless revisions and conversations with advisors, partners, and future clients, and finally be able to say: let’s go! Our funding quest is progressing rapidly, and soon we'll announce the members of Wild Streets’ Seed Collective, a small group of visionary people who share our belief that cities can be ecological hotspots, with huge low-carbon benefits, and for our collective well-being too. We’re close to 40 percent and, so, still welcoming new members that can help us reach our 100K funding target.
For the past year, Max Farrell has served as our NED and played a pivotal part in the major leaps we’ve seen. From welcoming us into his abundant network of built environment experts and creatives, and business mentoring, to compassionate cheering - Max has become a cherished part of the Wild Streets family.
Max said: "I truly believe that Wild Streets is a game changer for people's ability to influence how green and resilient the towns and cities are that they live in. If you are not already a member of the Seed Collective then you really should be. This is more than just a piece of software it is a movement and I am delighted to have played a small part in making it happen".
Now, on the brink of a new exciting chapter with the development of the advanced prototype being imminent, it’s time for a different type of expertise to help shape Wild Streets. Max will still be connected at an arm's length; as a founding member of the Seed Collective.
We’re immensely proud to welcome Sue Morgan FRSA as our new Non-Executive Director. With over 25 years experience of working at the interface of the built and natural environment, Sue represents an organic transition as we will focus on preparing Wild Streets for distribution. Sue has supported the design of regenerative, resilient, and equitable cities, that place landscape and nature at the heart, with a specific focus on systemic governance change and long-term stewardship mechanisms. She has been the CEO of the Landscape Institute, Wandle Valley Regional Park Trust, and Design Council, as well as being the founder of the Bankside Open Spaces Trust and her own consultancy Around the Block. She has held senior positions with London local authorities, Groundwork London, Better Bankside, and BSRIA.
Sue said: “Never has there been more urgency to make our cities and towns, resilient, greener, nature positive and regenerative for our citizens. To accomplish this we need commitment, the right design skills and tools to make hospitable inclusive places. This is why I am supporting Wild Streets as an immersive, real-time design tool that will support designers, civic leaders and communities alike, to address the challenges of climate change.”
For more information, contact Ascha Lychett Pedersen at ascha.pedersen@wildstreets.com.
