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City-Port Interface
The City-Port Interface: A Resource for Diverse Development Projects
Revising the status of port and City Port heritage to properly reflect the site’s historical significance.
How to reuse vacant spaces on the waterfront to engage with the local community ?
By collaborating with public and private sectors and engaging the local community, it is possible to transform underutilised structures into vibrant hubs. Through calls for proposals and temporary occupation schemes, projects can provide creative opportunities, supporting local businesses and fostering public interaction. Renew Newcastle, initially a government-backed initiative in New South Wales, expanded nationwide through Renew Australia, focusing on repurposing vacant waterfront spaces in places like Melbourne’s Docklands precinct. Administered by entities like the City of Melbourne, MAB Corporation, and Places Victoria, these initiatives align with broader waterfront revitalisation efforts, aiming to restructure and enliven Melbourne’s waterfront by 2025.
This good practice also includes objective 6.2 (integrating spaces and functions open to residents and visitors alike into port facilities, enhancing the visibility of the port and its activities) of the AIVP’s 2030 Agenda.
Renew Newcastle is an NGO financed by the government of New South Wales, whose purpose was to find short- and long-term uses for buildings that were vacant or awaiting development in the central business district of Newcastle. After the success of the initiative in Newcastle, this pioneering operation will now be implemented in the entire country, through the entity Renew Australia. Renew Newcastle served as an important NGO in the revitalisation projects throughout Australia, specifically in the port of Melbourne.
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