In December , Liverpool City Council approved the formation of a dedicated firm to help attract investment into and improve the quarter.
The Stanley Street Quarter Community interest company will be registered in time for The move builds on work that has taken place since including the setting up of a steering group involving councillors and representatives of the quarter, which has looked at ways of boosting the village's image as a local, national and international visitor destination. The new company will actively seek to involve stakeholders and the public in its efforts to develop the area, including reserved places on the 'Board of Directors' for local businesses and interested members of the public.
VisitBritain , Britain's national tourism agency, acknowledges Liverpool as one of Britain's most notable gay cities, and recognises the growing investment in the Gay Quarter.
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There are also numerous other gay frequented venues dotted elsewhere around the city centre. In recent years, a series of attacks have resulted in a call for increased police protection in the quarter. Perhaps the most high-profile attack was that of James Parkes, an off-duty trainee police officer, who was set upon by up to 20 teenage thugs in a homophobic attack outside the well known gay club Superstar Boudoir on Stanley Street in October Multiple skull fractures, a fractured eye socket and a fractured cheek bone left the officer fighting for his life.
In September the same year, two separate attacks in the gay quarter left two young men with serious head and facial injuries. Local authorities acknowledged there was indeed an increase in "homophobic" crime.
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Openly gay Councillor Steve Radford said, "Liverpool has a long way to travel in its journey to become a gay-friendly city". Chief Inspector Louise Harrington commented, "We have to strike a balance between a heavy police presence which could scare people off and those that say it makes them feel safer. Up until , Liverpool was the largest British city to not hold a Pride festival.
On 7 August that year, the city's first "Official" Pride festival officially sponsored by Liverpool City Council and public authorities , attracted an audience of over 21,, the majority of whom came from outside the city. The festival took place around the city's Gay Quarter with stages on Dale Street, Exchange Flags, and North John Street, and a city centre march was held during the day.
Organisers hailed the festivities a massive success and now plan to hold larger events in the future [60] At Liverpool Pride , it was announced that visitor numbers had doubled to over 40, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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