Council's role in place making
Place making and place management are not new ideas.
They are a response to worldwide trends that have contributed to degraded and deactivated urban precincts and neighbourhoods especially main streets and town centres.
For The City of Newcastle City there have been two factors leading to the adoption at this time of a place making approach to public places:
The Newcastle City Centre Plan 2008 (NCCP)
A priority of the NCCP is the development of a public domain plan. This project commenced in 2008 and is nearing completion. A component of the public domain project has been a series of place making workshops in May 2009 that introduced the concept of place making to Councillors, staff and other city centre stakeholders.
The Sustainability Review
The Sustainability Review aims to make Newcastle City Council a more outcomes focussed organisation. A recommendation of this Review is the creation of a Liveable City directorate including a Place Management unit.
Council’s role in place making
- In leading the creation of vital public destinations Council has multiple roles:
- Council facilitates community participation in the process of place making.
- Council nurtures positive working relationships with stakeholders in place making – residents, property owners, businesses, council staff and government agencies.
- Council works in partnership with stakeholders in place making.
- Council is a provider of services for place making.
Contact us
City Administration Centre
282 King Street
Newcastle NSW 2300
Tel: 02 4974 2000