We Dundee, the website which helped people power support Dundee’s UK City of Culture 2017 bid, has been relaunched.
In the run-up to Dundee being shortlisted for the prestigious award, We Dundee displayed the answers of 2,331 people to the question “What surprises you about the city?”
Now organisers have relaunched We Dundee and this time they want backers to complete the phrase “In 2017 I would love to see…”
The team has already collected some ideas from an event at the Blue Skies festival.
“When you launch something like this, you’re never sure what you’re going to get,” organiser Lyall Bruce said.
“Some people have really simple ambitions and some you’re never going to get. I like the one about having a festival of flags across the city.”
When We Dundee last asked the public to say what they think about their home town, organisers had set themselves a target of 2,017 and were overwhelmed by the response.
Lyall said: “We were surprised by how much positivity there was. When you give people space it’s really encouraging to see how many positive things they say.”
Stewart Murdoch, who is leading the Dundee campaign, added: “The feedback we received from the We Dundee site was one of the key reasons the city’s bid has been shortlisted. The depth and range of contribution from so many members of the public was astonishing and genuinely impressed the competition’s judges.
“I’m sure this next phase will be just as effective and I really look forward to seeing the imaginative ideas and suggestions that come in.”
We Dundee now wants to get as many ideas as possible by the end of the month to work into the City of Culture final stage bid document.
However, they hope the site will run beyond the bid.
“The We Dundee site isn’t exclusively for the City of Culture bid,” Lyall said.
“We came up with the whole idea of the site to gain some encouragement from people in the city and give them a voice.”
Anyone wishing to contribute can do so by visiting the website.