Last week I delivered my annual State of the City Address.
Beforehand, we looked back on what has been another busy 12 months for Bristol. Here’s just some of what’s happened:
£424m secured for City Leap: clean energy to cut 140,000 tonnes of emissions by 2027
The Killers and Sir Elton John played Ashton Gate Stadium
£95m secured for Temple Meads & Temple Quarter regeneration
Queen + Adam Lambert played YTL Arena Bristol
Sporting Quarter approved: new basketball stadium and hundreds of new homes
99% of families offered one of their top three primary school choices
Events brought another 60,000 people and £1.2m spend into our city centre
Silverthorne Lane approved: £375m scheme with a new secondary school for east Bristol
Daryn Carter, founder of Bristol Pride, given Freedom of the City
Hartcliffe City Farm opened
Val Jeal, founder of One25, given Freedom of the City
Hartcliffe Way Reuse & Recycling Centre opened
Felix Road Adventure Playground celebrated its 50th anniversary
Blaise Plant Nursery donated 10,000 plants for local food growing
Grayson Perry exhibition held at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Over 1.3 million people watched Bristol lead on climate action through TED 22
Rainbow crossing repainted ahead of Bristol Pride
St Mary le Port restoration and regeneration approved
Bristol in New York for Global Goals Week and UN General Assembly
Filming booms in Bristol alongside £13.6m Bottle Yard Studios expansion
Our School Streets pilot expanded to more primary schools
Castle Park facility saw Bristol crowned Heat Pump City of the Year
Cabot Tower reopened after restoration works
Affordable house-building at a 12 year record high
Supported Ukrainians in Bristol as a City of Sanctuary
75th anniversary of Bristol’s twinning with Bordeaux and Hannover marked
Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrated
Protected frontline services with our sixth balanced budget
Called for sustainable urbanisation ahead of COP26
Bedminster on telly: Museum of Us tells more of our city’s history
Bristol had its say: 14,000 people respond to survey on Colston statue
Welcomed Hongkongers to Bristol, our City of Sanctuary
Called for over £330bn climate investment in cities at COP26
Bristol Rovers and Bristol Rovers WFC promoted
Another £15m invested in a further 204 new specialist SEND school places
£18m investment planned for New Cut and Harbour bridges
Bristol mourned Her Majesty The Queen
Empire Fighting Chance raised £820,000+ with the October Club
31 Welcoming Spaces opened to support people with the national cost of living crisis
Bristol proclaimed His Majesty King Charles III
Bristol’s Giuseppe Dell’Anno won The Great British Bake Off
Jayde Adams did Bristol proud on Strictly Come Dancing
Our community meals service delivered 8,500 meals every month
Supported Afghans in our City of Sanctuary
£9m invested to expand the Bedminster and Temple Quarter heat networks
£42m of support secured to help Bristolians with the Clean Air Zone
Bristol One City brought together 300 city partners around COP and the cost of living
Created 80 hectares of new wetlands in Avonmouth and Severnside flood defences
Bristol’s dementia-friendly Alive Allotment featured on Gardeners’ World
Bristol completed second Voluntary Local Review on the Sustainable Development Goals
Precedent set to protect night-time economy venues, like Motion Bristol
£8.5m invested in the new Elmfield School for Deaf Children
Bristol Harbour Festival & Bristol International Balloon Fiesta returned
New citywide campaign and Women’s Safety Charter launched with partners
Goram Homes started on 268 new homes (55% affordable) and wildlife corridor in Lockleaze
Strive Interns scheme with UWE and HL created dozens more opportunities
Another 1,800 Bristol workers got a pay rise onto the real Living Wage
International cricket returned to Bristol’s County Ground
Bristol’s Disability Equality Commission recruited their Chair and first Commissioners
We’ve renewed our £40 million Council Tax Reduction Scheme