
Who Should Take on
a Stewardship Role?
Most community assets, services and
the public realm could be managed by a
stewardship body. Certain services and
assets will already be run by the local
authority; the role of a stewardship body
that has evolved through the development
process is to add value for the community,
by managing assets and providing
services which supplement those already
provided by the council. The stewardship
body might be completely independent
of the authority, like Letchworth Garden
City Heritage Foundation or a grassroots
initiative such as Incredible Edible (Case
Study 14.03, Chapter 14), or it might be an
additional ...