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

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