#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