Renew Newcastle
Renew Newcastle was established in late 2008 to find short and medium term uses for buildings that are currently vacant, disused, or awaiting redevelopment.
Renew Newcastle works with property owners to find artists, cultural projects and community groups to use and maintain these buildings until they become commercially viable or are redeveloped.
The first dozen projects are all taking place in and around Newcastle's Hunter Street Mall. They are the first of many of empty shopfronts, offices and sites around the Newcastle CBD that will be brought back to life under the scheme.
The first projects include a new photography gallery, a sound digital and media gallery, an animation studio/production house, a shopfront for children's art and craft classes, an architecture based installation exhibition, an online magazine and design hub, and a shop that will be home to artworks, origami and custom made creatures.
Renew Newcastle has relied entirely on volunteer labour, community support, generous property loans and the sweat equity of scores of people to get to this point.
Visit the Renew Newcastle website for more information.
