The City is kicking off the Place Project with the aim of supporting vibrant city centres that are brimming with life and that are a destination in their own right, where people want to spend time! And the City wants to hear from you about what sort of places you want your city centres to be!
To help establish what a great place is and to discover how they might be achieved the City has arranged a series of free placemaking workshops for Community Members, Business Owners, City Councillors and Staff. Participants will learn about placemaking, what is possible and have the opportunity to discuss ideas and participate in discovering a way forward.
The workshops will be led by Len Kosova, former CEO City of Vincent and David Snyder, Town Team Movement, both will bring their wealth of knowledge, experience and expertise to facilitate engaging, high quality workshops that will:
- Introduce the fundamentals of placemaking and the process of creating successful community spaces that are really enjoyed
- Feature real examples and learnings from these
- Explore community perceptions, sentiment and aspirations
- Explore how the City and the community can work together to turn ideas into action
The City wants to hear from you at the workshops! What are your concerns and aspirations for our city centres? What are our unique qualities and strengths? What might work locally to enliven our city centres? How can public places be created that promote people’s health, happiness and well-being?
To participate in a workshop please choose from one of the following:
For Busselton City Centre (these workshops will be held at the City of Busselton Administration Building), choose either:
9am – 12noon Thursday 9 May, or
5.30 – 8.30pm Thursday 9 May
For Dunsborough City Centre (this workshop will be held at the Dunsborough & Districts Country Club)
10am – 1pm Friday 10 May
To register please visit – Eventbrite
For more information:
Visit – https://yoursay.busselton.wa.gov.au/
Contact – Emma O’Brien, Economic and Business Development Officer on (08) 9781 1751 or email – emma.o’[email protected]
More information about the workshop presenters and facilitators:
Len Kosova:
Len Kosova has a proven track record as an accomplished town planner, leader, change agent, problem-solver and obstacle-remover, who is passionate about blending planning, policy and people to create and sustain great places.
As a former local government CEO and Planning Director, backed by a 24-year local government career from across Western Australia, Len understands community and speaks the language of government.
Now, in his own boutique consultancy, Len offers executive insight and expert advice to public and private sector clients alike, in all areas of Urban and Regional Planning, Strategy, Policy, Governance and Organisational Performance.
David Snyder:
David has always been fascinated by the dynamics and evolution of people and place. Promoting local aspirations and culture inspires him to work with Town Team Movement. His experience ranges in both the private and public sector of place leadership, public engagement and strategic planning.
David is absolutely serious about having fun and adopts this in all work undertaken including place planning, workshop facilitation, creative public engagement and helping communities make things happen. David is a doer and believes in enabling communities to get more involved and work in positively partnerships with government to achieve even stronger community, environmental and economic outcomes.