Podcast Episode Details

#36 - Vanessa Williams Interview (Hamilton CBD, Business, Public Transport, Social Media etc.)

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Episode 36

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Vanessa Williams is the General Manager of the Hamilton Central Business Association(HCBA) that helps promotes business within the Hamilton CBD.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook - Hamilton Central

Instagram - hamiltoncentral

Twitter - @HamiltonCentral

LinkedIn - Hamilton Central

TIMESTAMPS

00:35 - How Vanessa Ended Up At The Hamilton Central Business Association(HCBA)

01:37 - What HCBA Does

02:30 - Promoting A CBD/Mall Effect On CBD

04:37 - Working With The Council/Surveying Businesses

06:12 - Vanessa’s Suggestion To Improve Hamilton CBD

08:19 - Hamilton CBD Isn’t Dead

09:35 - Getting Businesses To Relocate To Hamilton CBD/Union Square

12:57 - Public Transport Within The CBD

14:27 - Creating A Rail Network By Centre Place

15:40 - Alternative Transport/Walking Hamilton CBD

18:08 - HCBA Model Is In Other Cities In NZ

19:14 - Reece Living In Auckland And Never Knowing About The HCBA Model There

20:05 - What Vanessa Learned From Living Overseas

22:00 - New Zealand Compared To Europe

22:29 - Parking Metres/Cash

26:30 - Purple Flag/Night Time Economy

30:31 - NZ Isn’t A Restaurant Based Society

31:07 - Hamilton CBD Is Easily Accessible

32:45 - Commuting Overseas

35:10 - Ambassador Programme

39:00 - Hamilton’s Negative Stigma/Auckland

41:04 - Ruakura Inland Port

42:15 - Social Media Promotion For Businesses

43:56 - Promoting Other Peoples Events

45:14 - Hamilton Getting An Iconic Building/River Plan

46:15 - Hamilton Greenery

48:02 - Building Up Instead Of Out

49:23 - Upcoming Construction Projects

51:47 - Vanessa’s Pitches To Getting Businesses To Relocate

52:34 - Hamilton’s Advantage For Attracting Business Is Due To Its Safety

54:54 - Office Environments Are Changing

55:51 - Competitiveness With Tauranga

56:57 - New Plymouth

58:15 - Napier

59:10 - Business Conference Being Held In Hamilton

1:01:08 - Amalgamation

1:02:51 - Debates On Social Media

1:04:15 - Survey/Vanessa Debating Hamilton Topics With Family

1:06:48 - Numbers Of People Who Complete Survey

1:08:03 - Boundaries Of The HCBA

1:08:59 - Businesses Being Hidden

1:09:32 - Gemma Major/Seed Waikato

1:11:36 - Hamilton’s High Youth Population

1:12:41 - Where To Follow HCBA

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Published on 5 years, 10 months ago