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The ROCKS Redevelopment Project. Gabrielle Breen Project Coordinator. Residents of Childers and Kingsley Streets. Social, cultural and environmental interests On site for 25 years More than 25,000 users of facilities and services annually Accessible and human scale. Why redevelopment?.
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The ROCKS Redevelopment Project Gabrielle Breen Project Coordinator
Residents of Childers and Kingsley Streets • Social, cultural and environmental interests • On site for 25 years • More than 25,000 users of facilities and services annually • Accessible and human scale
Why redevelopment? • Current facilities inadequate • Increased need in Civic • Security of tenure • Opportunity for sustainable development
The Redevelopment Proposal • Mixed use • Partnership based • Possible land grant or other partnership arrangement with government • Commercial development subsidises community facilities
Partnerships • Government support • Potential tenants and partners • ROCKS as an integral partner
Government processes • Civic West Masterplan • Community Facility Needs Assessment Study • Office of Sustainability • Affordable Housing Taskforce • Roundtable
Participation • Redevelopment Committee • Working Groups • Complicated structures • Sustaining volunteers • Adapting processes
Attempt at sustainable development • Planning and design checklist • Sustainability principles • Future showcase
Future stages • Securing the redevelopment • Participatory planning and design • Construction and landscaping • Documenting the process
Contact details Gabrielle Breen Project Coordinator rocks@ecoaction.net.au 0421 822 2 17 Website: www.rocks.org.au