Attachment E

Late Night and Creative Sector Workshop Report

217

NIG

HT

LIF

E A

ND

CR

EA

TIV

E S

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TO

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NG

AG

EM

EN

T S

ES

SIO

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EN

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TC

OM

ES

RE

PO

RT

PL

AN

NIN

G F

OR

SY

DN

EY

TO

2050

pre

pare

d b

y J

OC

Co

nsultin

g

for

City o

f S

yd

ne

y

2 M

ay 2

019

| F

inal R

eport

218

Pa

ge

1

BA

CK

GR

OU

ND

JO

C C

onsultin

g (

JO

C)

wa

s c

om

mis

sio

ned b

y t

he

City o

f S

yd

ne

y (

Council)

to

desig

n a

nd f

acili

tate

‘Y

our

vis

ion f

or

our

City’s

nig

htlife a

nd c

reative f

utu

re’, a

targ

ete

d e

ng

agem

ent

sessio

n t

o h

elp

info

rm t

he P

lan

nin

g f

or

Syd

ne

y t

o 2

05

0.

The w

ork

shop w

as s

upp

ort

ed b

y t

he C

ity o

f S

yd

ne

y’s

Nig

htlife a

nd C

reative

Secto

r A

dvis

ory

Pane

l w

ith d

esig

n a

nd lo

gis

tic a

ssis

tan

ce. T

he P

an

el a

lso in

vited

part

icip

an

ts to a

tten

d th

e t

wo

-hour

work

shop.

DE

TA

ILS

Date

: T

hurs

da

y 2

8 M

arc

h

Tim

e:

6.0

0 P

M -

8.0

0 P

M

Lo

cati

on

: T

he L

oft

, th

e S

trand A

rcade

Nu

mb

er

of

att

en

dan

ces

: 4

4 p

art

icip

ants

Welc

om

e t

o C

ou

ntr

y:

Matt

he

w D

oyle

Perf

orm

an

ces:

Bre

nd

an M

acle

an a

nd F

elic

ia F

oxx

Ob

jecti

ves

The w

ork

shop a

imed to;

●

pro

vid

e th

e o

pport

unity for

the n

ightlife a

nd c

reative s

ecto

rs to c

ontr

ibute

to th

e P

lan

nin

g f

or

Syd

ne

y t

o 2

050 e

ng

agem

ent pro

ce

ss

●

esta

blis

h a

share

d v

isio

n t

hat

imagin

es t

he f

utu

re n

ightlife a

nd c

reative

secto

rs -

wh

ere

we

wan

t to

be

●

captu

re ide

as a

nd s

ugg

estions f

rom

the c

reative a

nd

cultura

l secto

r

●

info

rm p

art

icip

ants

ab

out

the P

lann

ing f

or

Syd

ne

y t

o 2

05

0 p

roje

ct

and

Council’

s r

ole

as a

n e

na

ble

r and a

dvocate

This

Enga

gem

ent

Outc

om

es R

eport

deta

ils t

he i

nsig

hts

and

fin

din

gs f

rom

the

work

shop

conducte

d o

n 2

8 M

arc

h 2

019.

219

Pa

ge

2

WH

AT

WE

HE

AR

D

The f

ollo

win

g s

um

mary

of

ke

y t

hem

es c

olla

tes d

ata

fro

m a

ll activitie

s to p

resent

a s

napshot

of

needs,

wants

and d

esires o

f part

icip

ants

for

Pla

nnin

g f

or

Sydn

ey t

o 2

050.

WE

WA

NT

A C

ITY

TH

AT

MA

KE

S U

S P

RO

UD

Part

icip

ants

im

agin

ed liv

ing

in a

city th

at th

ey f

eel co

nn

ecte

d t

o a

nd p

roud t

o c

all

hom

e. P

art

icip

ants

were

passio

na

te a

bou

t sup

port

ing c

reativity, pre

serv

ing the

gre

en ‘urb

ansca

pe

’ a

nd levera

gin

g the

local pers

on

a to

dri

ve t

he d

irection o

f fu

ture

pla

nn

ing

. M

ovin

g f

orw

ard

, S

yd

ne

y is a

susta

inab

le a

nd

vib

rant city t

hat

reta

ins a

nd c

ele

bra

tes its

uniq

ue

chara

cte

r. It shou

ld e

mbra

ce, cele

bra

te a

nd e

xpre

ss

itself to b

e t

he ‘best C

ity in t

he w

orl

d’.

WE

WA

NT

A C

ITY

TH

AT

WE

LC

OM

ES

AL

L

Part

icip

ants

wan

t to

liv

e in

an inclu

siv

e a

nd e

mpath

etic c

ity w

here

diffe

rences a

re c

ele

bra

ted a

nd

encoura

ged.

Part

icip

ants

im

agin

ed a

city w

here

it’s d

ivers

e r

esid

ents

fee

l safe

an

d a

t hom

e. M

ovin

g

forw

ard

, S

yd

ne

y s

hou

ld s

trength

en its

cre

ative r

ela

tion

ship

s a

nd e

ncoura

ge c

olla

bora

tio

n. R

esid

ents

should

feel com

pelle

d t

o a

ctively

part

icip

ate

in s

hap

ing

the

ir o

wn f

utu

res.

WE

WA

NT

A C

ITY

TH

AT

DA

RE

S T

O L

EA

D

Part

icip

ants

en

vis

ion

ed S

ydne

y’s

futu

re a

s a

bold

an

d d

arin

g c

ity,

where

ne

w id

eas f

lourish. T

he

y

acknow

ledge

d th

at th

e C

ity is c

onsta

ntly c

ha

ngin

g b

ut

that

it s

ho

uld

str

ive to

be

re

sili

ent

and

support

ive. In

no

vation

in

de

sig

n w

as s

een a

s a

ke

y e

nable

r fo

r th

e c

ity’s

success a

nd a

wa

y o

f

support

ing c

om

munitie

s t

o t

hrive. M

ovin

g f

orw

ard

, S

yd

ne

y s

hou

ld e

mbra

ce a

rts a

nd c

ulture

to

guara

nte

e its

success a

s a

tru

e g

lob

al C

ity. T

he m

ore

agile

and e

xperim

enta

l th

e C

ity, th

e m

ore

div

ers

e th

e ta

lent, ind

ustr

ies a

nd c

om

munity.

220

Pa

ge

3

WH

AT

WE

WA

NT

Part

icip

ants

were

asked to d

evelo

p v

isio

n s

tate

ments

for

the f

utu

re o

f

Syd

ne

y in 2

05

0,

with c

onsid

era

tion f

or

the n

ightlife a

nd c

reative

secto

r. T

he

y r

espo

nde

d w

ith the

follo

win

g:

In 2

050

, th

e C

ity’s

nig

htl

ife a

nd

cre

ati

ve

sec

tor

w

ill

be

…

“.

..th

e je

we

l of

Sydn

ey’s

/Austr

alia

’s c

row

n.

It is o

pe

n a

ll ho

urs

, allo

ws

for

sponta

ne

ity a

nd d

iscove

ry, cele

bra

tes d

ivers

ity a

nd h

isto

ry a

nd

enab

les c

om

munitie

s t

o p

art

icip

ate

and c

laim

ide

ntity

”

“...

som

eth

ing w

e c

an

be p

roud o

f: d

yn

am

ic, ever-

evolv

ing,

push

ing

boun

dari

es, d

ivers

e, in

clu

siv

e a

nd r

ew

ard

ing”

“...

the b

est

in t

he w

orl

d”

“...

inclu

siv

e a

nd

easy to b

roadcast o

pport

un

itie

s to e

ngage

an

d

reach the

pe

op

le. It

will

als

o b

e a

city t

hat

pro

mote

s a

nd f

acili

tate

s

curiosity a

nd e

xp

lora

tio

n”

“...

support

ed,

thri

vin

g,

div

ers

e, in

clu

siv

e, re

pre

senta

tive a

nd

accessib

le.

Inte

rnation

ally

reputa

ble

and loca

lly v

alu

ed

and

cele

bra

ted”

“...

equitab

le a

nd a

ccessib

le to a

ll d

iffe

rences, encoura

gin

g

inn

ovation a

nd c

rea

tive

ly u

niq

ue”

OB

SE

RV

AT

ION

S

The f

ollo

win

g c

om

ments

were

made b

y in

div

idua

ls d

uri

ng g

rou

p d

iscussio

ns

and a

re im

port

ant fo

r fu

rthe

r consid

era

tio

n a

nd in

vestig

atio

n:

●

Pre

serv

ation a

nd a

cknow

ledgem

ent of

Abori

gin

al a

nd T

orr

es S

trait

Isla

nd

er

cultura

l heri

tag

e. T

he ‘tr

uth

telli

ng

’ of

Fir

st

Nations h

isto

ry

can thri

ve t

hro

ugh t

he a

rts a

nd c

ultura

l pra

ctice.

●

Impro

ved s

afe

ty in p

ub

lic s

paces a

t nig

ht to

enco

ura

ge a

nd a

ttra

ct

more

people

. T

he d

ivers

ific

atio

n o

f activitie

s a

t n

igh

t a

long w

ith

ph

ysic

al in

terv

entions c

an h

elp

im

pro

ve s

afe

ty (

an

d p

erc

eptio

n o

f

safe

ty).

●

Cele

bra

tion o

f div

ers

ity a

nd

recognitio

n t

hro

ug

h n

igh

tlife a

nd

cre

ative s

ecto

r th

at co

nsid

ers

and e

mpow

ers

peo

ple

with d

isabili

ty.

●

Pla

tform

s for

em

erg

ing a

nd

yo

ung a

rtis

ts to s

ho

wcase t

heir w

ork

.

“T

he

re a

re a

lo

t o

f p

eo

ple

in

Sy

dn

ey

,

bu

t th

ey

’re

no

t le

av

ing

th

eir

ho

us

es

. W

e h

av

e t

he

sp

ace

,

bu

t w

e n

eed

to

ig

nit

e c

uri

os

ity

an

d s

up

po

rt lo

ca

l b

us

ine

ss

.

We

as

art

ists

, n

eed

to

let

peo

ple

kn

ow

wh

at

is o

ut

the

re.”

~ W

ork

sh

op

Pa

rtic

ipa

nt

221

Pa

ge

4

WH

AT

WE

DO

N’T

WA

NT

The w

ork

shop p

resen

ted f

utu

re c

ity s

cenari

os a

nd a

sked

part

icip

an

ts to r

eflect o

n w

hat th

ey lik

e a

nd d

on’t lik

e a

bout

each

scenario. In

sum

mary

, p

art

icip

ants

want

to a

vo

id t

he f

ollo

win

g in

pla

nnin

g f

or

Syd

ne

y to 2

05

0:

LE

T’S

AV

OID

SO

CIA

L A

ND

SP

AT

IAL

FR

AG

ME

NT

AT

ION

Part

icip

ants

expre

ssed t

he

ir c

oncern

s r

egard

ing d

isco

nnecte

d

neig

hb

ourh

oods a

nd p

recin

cts

that tu

rn in

to ‘gh

ettos’. L

ack o

f

accessib

ility

an

d th

e o

veru

se o

f private

tra

nsport

ation w

ere

mentioned a

s im

port

ant

issues to a

ddre

ss.

Part

icip

ants

worr

ied

this

dis

connection

wo

uld

re

sult in iso

latio

n o

f in

div

idua

ls a

nd

exclu

siv

ity o

f com

munitie

s.

LE

T’S

AV

OID

A B

US

INE

SS

OR

IEN

TE

D C

ITY

WIT

H N

O S

OU

L

Part

icip

ants

worr

ied a

bou

t gro

win

g p

rivatisatio

n in c

itie

s a

nd

support

for

‘only

eco

nom

ically

via

ble

’ art

work

s. T

he

y r

ais

ed t

heir

concern

s a

bo

ut cu

lture

be

ing lin

ked to c

onsum

ption

and u

se

d a

s a

troph

y y

et still

un

derv

alu

ed

and u

nd

era

ppre

cia

ted

. T

he

part

icip

ants

als

o e

xpre

ssed

a c

oncern

cre

ativity c

ould

be

price

d o

ut

of

the c

ity.

Part

icip

ants

mentione

d f

avourin

g c

orp

ora

te inte

rests

would

encoura

ge d

ivestm

ent in

th

e a

rts,

wid

en

socia

l in

eq

ua

lity a

nd

reduce e

mpath

y a

cro

ss the

City.

LE

T’S

AV

OID

AN

OV

ER

LY

PL

AN

NE

D C

ITY

Part

icip

ants

mentione

d o

ve

r-re

gula

tio

n a

s a

main

co

ncern

. T

he

y

worr

ied t

hat

if the c

ity b

eco

mes too s

tric

t an

d p

rescriptive it

would

cre

ate

a h

om

ogeno

us a

nd

sta

gna

nt culture

.

222

Pa

ge

5

AP

PE

ND

IX

DA

TA

A

CT

IVIT

Y O

NE

- M

AP

PIN

G C

HA

NG

E

As p

art

icip

ants

arr

ive

d,

the

y w

ere

asked

to

re

flect o

n S

yd

ne

y’s

nig

htlife a

nd c

rea

tivity. W

hile

no

t a

ll p

art

icip

an

ts e

ng

age

d w

ith

th

is a

ctivity,

the

com

men

ts p

rovid

ed

on

butc

he

rs

pa

pe

r h

ave

bee

n s

um

ma

rised

in

the

belo

w g

rap

hic

an

d a

re im

po

rta

nt

reflectio

ns to

co

nsid

er

wh

en

pla

nn

ing f

or

the

fu

ture

. C

ou

ncill

or

Jess S

cully

als

o p

rovid

ed

pa

rtic

ipan

ts w

ith

a b

riefin

g p

rio

r to

activity t

wo

pro

vid

ing

on

ove

rvie

w o

f ‘w

he

re h

ave

we

be

en

’ a

nd ‘w

he

re a

re w

e n

ow

’.

223

Pa

ge

6

AC

TIV

ITY

TW

O -

SC

EN

AR

IOS

AN

D P

RO

VO

CA

TIO

NS

A

ctivity t

wo

aske

d p

art

icip

an

ts to

exp

lore

wh

at

cre

ativity a

nd

nig

htlife w

ou

ld loo

k lik

e f

or

a futu

re c

ity.

Th

e a

ctivity w

as b

ased

on

six

po

ssib

le f

utu

re s

cen

ario

s d

eve

lop

ed

by

Pro

fesso

r A

nd

y P

ratt

(20

15

) in

th

e F

utu

re C

itie

s F

ore

sig

ht R

ep

ort

and

qu

ote

d in

Gre

g C

lark

’s ‘C

ultu

re, V

alu

e a

nd

Pla

ce’ R

ep

ort

(2

01

8).

Pa

rtic

ipa

nts

we

re a

ske

d to

bra

insto

rm

wh

at

the

city’s

nig

htlife

and

cre

ative

se

cto

r lo

oked

lik

e in

th

ese

fu

ture

sce

na

rios a

nd

id

en

tify

th

e k

ey t

hin

gs to

avo

id a

s c

onsid

era

tion

fo

r p

lan

nin

g fo

r S

yd

ne

y t

o 2

05

0.

SC

EN

AR

IO 1

: C

AM

PU

S C

ITY

Th

e c

ity w

ill c

on

sis

t o

f dis

tin

ct lo

ca

tio

ns a

nd

qua

rte

rs d

evo

ted t

o h

igh

va

lue

eco

no

my:

scie

nce

an

d t

ech

no

log

y h

ubs,

sm

art

cit

y d

istr

icts

, a

dvan

ced

offic

e a

nd

bu

sin

ess d

istr

icts

an

d o

the

rs s

erv

ing

th

e c

rea

tive

cla

ss.

Cultu

re a

nd

ed

uca

tio

n w

ill b

e u

se

d instr

um

en

tally

to

se

rve

th

e n

eed

s o

f diffe

ren

t encla

ve

s

‘Wh

at

do

es

nig

htl

ife a

nd

cre

ati

vit

y l

oo

k l

ike

fo

r th

is s

ce

na

rio

?”

‘Ba

se

d o

n t

he

sc

en

ari

os

, w

ha

t h

ave

we

lea

rnt

an

d

wh

at

do

we

nee

d t

o a

vo

id?

’

●

Po

ssib

le f

und

ing

fro

m w

ea

lth

y s

ecto

r

●

Dre

nch

ed

in

pro

du

ct

pla

cem

ent

pro

pag

and

a

●

Ba

ran

ga

roo

2.0

●

L

ackin

g c

ross p

olli

na

tio

n

●

Ste

rile

, w

hite

, un

insp

irin

g

●

Fin

ancia

lly ina

ccessib

le

●

Bla

nd

, str

uctu

red

, ‘c

lea

n’ la

ck o

f cha

racte

r ●

E

nclo

se

d a

nd n

ot susta

ina

ble

●

‘Lik

e a

ttra

cts

lik

e’

●

Allo

ws y

ou

to

ta

rge

t ●

C

ate

rs fo

r yo

uth

●

D

ea

ls w

ith

sp

raw

ling g

eog

raphy

●

Pre

scrip

tive

, n

ot sp

on

tane

ous

●

No c

om

mun

ity

●

Not

org

an

ic

●

Ga

ted

●

S

teri

le h

igh

ris

es w

ith

la

ne

wa

ys

●

imp

ort

ance

of

leve

rag

ing

mu

lti-

cu

ltu

ral

●

Cyn

icis

m

●

Iso

lation

●

Exclu

siv

ity

●

Pri

va

te t

ranspo

rt

●

So

cia

l a

nd

ph

ysic

al div

ide

●

T

rib

alis

m

Pa

rtic

ipa

nt

Qu

ote

“We

had

tw

o th

ou

gh

ts o

n w

ha

t it w

ould

lo

ok lik

e, so

me

pe

ople

th

oug

ht it w

ould

be

a v

ery

clo

se

d,

ga

ted

an

d s

terile

co

mm

un

ity,

like a

lo

t o

f B

ara

ng

aro

o a

nd

no

thin

g e

lse

. O

the

rs

tho

ugh

t it c

rea

ted a

ca

pacity f

or

pre

cin

cts

lik

e t

he

“g

row

ing

art

s o

n p

lay”

ne

ar

Ba

ran

ga

roo

tha

t cre

ate

th

e p

ath

fo

r cro

ss-p

olli

na

tio

n a

nd

gro

wth

with

in a

nd

acro

ss p

recin

cts

.”

----

S

CE

NA

RIO

2:

HO

ME

LA

ND

CIT

Y

Tra

ditio

nal va

lue

s w

ill p

reva

il in

th

e h

om

ela

nd

city.

It w

ill b

e a

pre

-retire

me

nt o

asis

fo

r p

eop

le o

ve

r 5

0 w

ho

see

k to

be

pro

tecte

d f

rom

ch

an

ge

.

‘Wh

at

do

es

nig

htl

ife a

nd

cre

ati

vit

y l

oo

k l

ike

fo

r th

is s

ce

na

rio

?”

‘Ba

se

d o

n t

he

sc

en

ari

os

, w

ha

t h

ave

we

lea

rnt

an

d

wh

at

do

we

nee

d t

o a

vo

id?

’

●

Daytim

e fa

mily

eve

nts

●

E

xclu

siv

e

●

Und

erg

rou

nd

●

Resis

tance

●

O

pe

ra a

nd

balle

t (c

on

se

rva

tive)

●

Pre

dic

tab

le

●

Unin

form

ed

●

Dull

●

Exit

●

Not

wh

ere

I w

an

na

be!

●

Sp

atial fr

ag

men

tatio

n

●

No

t a

llow

ing

org

an

ic g

row

th

●

Te

ch

no

log

y w

ith

ou

t h

um

an

ity

●

La

ck o

f e

mpa

thy

224

Pa

ge

7

●

Op

en

s e

arl

y a

nd

clo

se

s e

arl

y

●

Fo

od

an

d w

ine

cu

ltu

re

●

Hom

og

en

ise

d

●

Cash

ed u

p le

isu

re m

on

ey

●

Sa

d

●

24

/7, 3

65

da

ys, Jo

hn

Fa

rnh

am

Fa

rew

ell

tou

r ●

S

po

rts, p

ers

on

al se

rvic

es

●

Hid

de

n r

ed

lig

ht

●

Tra

ditio

nal fo

rms p

refe

rre

d

●

Stifled

●

Sta

gn

ate

cu

ltu

re

●

Mo

re r

esta

ura

nt

gig

s?

●

Mo

re m

atin

ees

●

Tra

ditio

nal-

Th

ea

tre,

resta

ura

nts

, ga

lleri

es (

all

clo

se

@ 1

1)

●

Unin

sp

irin

g

●

Uncu

ltu

red

●

D

iscon

necte

d

●

Qu

iet

and

outd

oor

●

C

ruis

e s

hip

s

●

Me

mo

ry a

nd

his

tory

●

S

an

itis

ed

●

Me

dic

al h

ub

s

●

Fa

mily

fo

cu

sed

●

A

ll a

ge

s

●

Uno

ffe

nsiv

e

●

Tra

ffic

●

G

od

’s w

aitin

g r

oom

●

R

ela

xe

d

●

Sq

ua

re p

eg

, circu

lar

hole

Pa

rtic

ipa

nt

Qu

ote

“50

+ n

ot

ye

t re

tire

d t

ha

t d

o n

ot lik

e c

ha

nge

. T

rad

itio

nal, s

afe

, h

om

og

ene

ous a

nd

quie

t. T

he

re m

ay b

e a

str

ong

foo

d c

ultu

re,

bu

t th

ey w

ou

ld s

tart

ea

rly a

nd f

inis

h e

arly.

Cultu

re

wou

ld b

e r

eta

ine

d,

bu

t sta

gn

an

t, t

hey w

ou

ld b

e fig

htin

g h

ard

to

ensu

re n

oth

ing c

ha

ng

ed

. T

he

re w

ou

ld a

co

un

terc

ultu

re to

th

is c

ity,

the

re w

ou

ld b

e a

str

ong

an

d th

rivin

g

un

de

rgro

und

cu

ltu

re t

ha

t w

ould

be

no

n-c

om

plia

nt”

----

S

CE

NA

RIO

3:

BU

SIN

ES

S L

OU

NG

E C

ITY

Ine

qua

litie

s a

nd

dis

pa

ritie

s g

row

with

in a

nd

be

twe

en

citie

s, an

d c

ultu

re incre

asin

gly

is c

usto

mis

ed

fo

r tr

ansna

tion

al e

lite

s. T

ho

se

with

th

e a

bili

ty t

o p

ay w

ill b

e f

ully

ca

tere

d fo

r.

Cultu

re w

ill b

e a

bo

ut d

isp

lay.

‘Wh

at

do

es

nig

htl

ife a

nd

cre

ati

vit

y l

oo

k l

ike

fo

r th

is s

ce

na

rio

?”

‘Ba

se

d o

n t

he

sc

en

ari

os

, w

ha

t h

ave

we

lea

rnt

an

d

wh

at

do

we

nee

d t

o a

vo

id?

’

●

Mo

no

cu

ltu

re

●

Mo

ne

y

●

Fu

ll o

f B

oto

x

●

No d

isco

●

Dep

ressin

g a

nd

fake

●

B

ab

ies

●

Ju

st th

e O

pe

ra H

ou

se

●

Clo

sed

●

Hun

ter

Valle

y c

on

ce

rts +

Ope

ra o

n th

e h

arb

or

●

Bo

rin

g, is

ola

ted

, g

rum

py s

tate

●

E

ve

ryo

ne

is in

pa

in

●

Gro

un

d

●

Eve

ryo

ne

’s in

pain

●

S

om

eon

e D

j-in

g, b

ut n

o o

ne

is t

he

re

●

All

hig

hrise

●

Ma

se

rati c

ars

eve

ryw

he

re

●

Pri

va

te r

oo

fto

ps

●

No p

ub

lic s

pa

ce

●

Mo

no

po

lised

busin

esses

●

‘So

ulle

ss’

●

Pri

va

tisatio

n

●

Ta

x h

ave

ns

●

Usin

g c

ultu

re a

s a

tro

ph

y

●

Accessib

ility

●

E

litis

t, o

ve

r-p

ricin

g o

f cu

ltu

re th

at

exclu

des

au

die

nce

s b

ase

d o

n c

lass

●

Ca

sin

os

225

Pa

ge

8

Pa

rtic

ipa

nt

Qu

ote

“Ou

rs w

as a

bou

t th

e m

ost a

lien

ing

, b

oto

x fill

ed

, e

litis

t p

ossib

le v

ers

ion

tha

t yo

u c

an

im

ag

ine.

It is a

ll ju

st a

bo

ut

mo

ney,

imag

ine

eve

ryon

e w

ork

ing

to

ea

rn t

he

mo

st

possib

le

mo

ne

y t

he

y c

an e

arn

. W

e h

ad p

ow

erf

ul e

lites,

full

of

bo

tox, m

on

ocu

ltu

re, co

mp

lete

ly iso

late

d.

Th

inkin

g o

f citie

s a

rou

nd

th

e w

orl

d,

this

re

min

ds m

e t

he

most

of

Mia

mi, w

hic

h is

be

au

tifu

l in

so

me

ways, b

ut very

iso

latin

g.

It’s

glit

zy,

bu

t you

tra

ve

l 1

km

an

d th

ere

is a

n A

fric

an

Am

eri

ca

n p

op

ula

tio

n th

at

is m

arg

inalis

ed

, so

me

ha

ven

’t e

ve

n b

ee

n t

o th

e b

ea

ch

in M

iam

i, it

is a

city o

f e

xtr

em

e w

ea

lth a

nd e

xtr

em

e p

ove

rty a

nd

no

on

e s

pe

aks t

o e

ach

oth

er

an

d w

e d

on

’t w

an

t th

at

in S

yd

ney

. C

ultu

re is s

kin

de

ep

”.

----

S

CE

NA

RIO

4:

TO

UR

IST

EX

PE

RIE

NC

E C

ITY

An

au

gm

ente

d r

ea

lity o

f th

e c

ity w

ill s

ha

pe

th

e o

rgan

isa

tion

of

the

im

me

rsiv

e e

xp

eri

en

ce

city,

in w

hic

h p

hysic

al an

d v

irtu

al

wo

rld

s a

re b

len

de

d a

nd t

ailo

red

to

th

e n

ee

ds o

f th

e

ind

ivid

ua

l.

‘Wh

at

do

es

nig

htl

ife a

nd

cre

ati

vit

y lo

ok

lik

e f

or

this

sc

en

ari

o?

”

‘Ba

se

d o

n t

he

sc

en

ari

os

, w

ha

t h

ave

we

lea

rnt

an

d

wh

at

do

we

nee

d t

o a

vo

id?

’

●

Tra

nsa

ctio

nal m

on

ey

●

Fu

n a

nd

ca

refr

ee

●

Inte

rnation

al a

nd

lo

ca

l liv

e m

usic

●

A

ug

men

ted v

isu

als

on

eve

ryth

ing

●

B

ein

g a

lon

e

●

Insta

nt

pa

rty t

ransp

ort

ation

●

P

ocke

ts/h

ubs o

f fu

n (

de

stina

tio

na

l)

●

Tin

de

r fo

r e

xp

eri

ences

●

Fiv

e s

en

ses

●

En

dle

ss, a

nyth

ing

yo

u w

an

t to

se

e, h

ea

r o

r e

xp

eri

en

ce

, yo

u c

an

no m

att

er

wh

ere

yo

u a

re

●

Ab

ility

to

fin

d y

ou

r ‘p

eop

le’ n

o m

att

er

wh

ere

th

ey a

re

●

Imm

ers

ed

in n

atu

re

●

Mu

ltili

ng

ual

●

Mix

of

na

ture

an

d g

ree

n s

pace w

ith

d

eve

lopm

ent

equ

als

hap

py p

eo

ple

●

Inte

rnal, m

ore

med

ita

tive

se

nso

ry.

●

N

ew

typ

es o

f m

usic

sty

les r

efle

ctin

g

techn

olo

gy.

●

Com

mun

ity b

uild

ing

●

La

ck o

f p

hysic

al to

uch

●

C

he

cke

rboa

rd

●

Fra

gm

en

ted

- e

ve

ryo

ne h

avin

g t

he

ir

pe

rson

alis

ed

AR

exp

eri

ence

●

D

eta

che

d (

lack o

f con

nection

) ●

O

n p

ho

ne

s

●

Ma

ke

mo

re c

on

ne

ctio

ns,

bu

t on

line

●

N

etw

ork

of

libra

rie

s, p

ark

s, b

uild

ing

s a

nd

ce

me

terie

s

●

Op

po

rtu

nitie

s t

o f

ind

out

info

ab

ou

t th

e c

ity

●

En

ga

ged

/dis

en

ga

ge

d

●

Ma

ss c

onsu

me

rism

●

D

iscon

nectio

n

●

Mo

no

cu

ltu

re

●

Sta

gn

atio

n

●

Sin

gu

lari

ty

●

Po

we

rfu

l e

lite

s

●

Co

rpo

rate

in

tere

sts

●

O

ve

r-re

gu

latio

n

●

Ine

quity a

nd

in

acce

ssib

ility

●

N

o c

om

mun

ity

Pa

rtic

ipa

nt

Qu

ote

“W

e h

ave

th

e e

lem

en

t w

he

re th

e v

irtu

al re

alit

y w

orld

me

rges in

to th

e p

hysic

al w

orld

. A

t firs

t w

e t

ho

ug

ht

this

wo

uld

be n

o g

oo

d, it w

ill lea

d to

iso

lation

as e

ve

ryo

ne w

ill b

e in

the

ir o

wn e

xp

erie

nce

s. W

e th

en

th

oug

ht, t

he

re is e

nd

less p

ossib

ility

as y

ou

r re

alit

y c

an

becom

e a

nyth

ing y

ou

wa

nt it to

be

an

d w

hils

t you

are

wa

lkin

g a

rou

nd

in

a “

techn

olo

gy

bu

bb

le”

yo

u a

re a

lso

ab

le t

o fin

d y

ou

r pe

op

le,

no

ma

tte

r w

here

th

ey a

re in

th

e c

ity. W

e s

um

me

d it

up a

s b

ein

g s

upe

r co

nne

cte

d t

o a

n e

nd

less s

pin

nin

g o

f o

pp

ort

un

itie

s b

ecau

se

we t

ho

ug

ht it m

ay b

e a

bit fu

ll o

n,

but

we w

ere

als

o v

ery

excite

d a

bo

ut it.”

226

Pa

ge

9

----

S

CE

NA

RIO

5:

ED

GE

CIT

Y

Hig

hly

pop

ula

ted

, b

ut le

ast cu

ltu

red

citie

s; spa

tial fr

ag

men

tatio

n a

nd

lack o

f cri

tical m

ass m

ea

ns c

ultu

re s

tru

gg

les to

attra

ct

investm

en

t. L

oca

l g

ove

rnm

en

ts s

tuck in

lo

w

inve

stm

en

t; lo

w r

etu

rn e

quili

briu

m m

ea

ns p

ub

lic in

ve

stm

en

t in

cultu

re d

eclin

es. C

ultu

re b

eco

mes m

ore

lin

ke

d to

re

tail,

TV

an

d o

nlin

e.

‘Wh

at

do

es

nig

htl

ife a

nd

cre

ati

vit

y lo

ok

lik

e f

or

this

sc

en

ari

o?

”

‘Ba

se

d o

n t

he

sc

en

ari

os

, w

ha

t h

ave

we

lea

rnt

an

d

wh

at

do

we

nee

d t

o a

vo

id?

’

●

No m

one

y

●

To

xic

sym

bo

l ●

B

on

fire

s

●

TV

●

W

aste

land

or

tum

ble

we

ed

●

S

tre

et sig

ns n

o s

top

pin

g, n

o left

or

rig

ht

turn

.

●

Ab

an

don

ed

bu

ildin

gs (

for

lease

sig

ns)

●

Ab

ility

to

fin

d y

ou

r ‘p

eop

le’ n

o m

att

er

wh

ere

th

ey a

re

●

Ho

mo

gen

eity

●

Sp

atial fr

ag

men

tatio

n

●

Div

estm

en

t in

the

Art

s

●

Cu

ltu

re b

ein

g lin

ke

d to

co

nsum

ptio

n

●

Instr

um

en

tal e

duca

tio

n

Pa

rtic

ipa

nt

Qu

ote

“We w

ere

susp

icio

us w

he

n w

e f

irst lo

oke

d a

t it,

un

fort

un

ate

ly it

did

n’t m

ove

fro

m th

ere

so w

e ju

st c

am

e u

p w

ith

a fe

w d

ot

po

ints

. S

tart

s w

ith

nig

htlife is d

ea

d,

this

le

ad

s to

so

cia

l

iso

latio

n, m

ass e

xo

du

s, a

la

ck o

f h

ope

and

dep

ressio

n”.

----

S

CE

NA

RIO

6:

OM

NIV

OR

E C

ITY

An

op

en

city t

ailo

red t

o a

cco

mm

od

ate

a fa

st-

mo

vin

g c

osm

opo

litan

cu

ltu

re.

Hig

he

r d

ensitie

s t

ha

n to

da

y,

hig

h in

tera

ctio

n e

nvir

on

me

nts

(co

-wo

rkin

g e

tc),

ho

me t

o a

la

rge

ed

uca

ted m

idd

le c

lass w

ith

app

etite

s fo

r cu

ltu

ral pe

rfo

rma

nce

an

d in

no

va

tion

.

‘Wh

at

do

es

nig

htl

ife a

nd

cre

ati

vit

y lo

ok

lik

e f

or

this

sc

en

ari

o?

”

‘Ba

se

d o

n t

he

sc

en

ari

os

, w

ha

t h

ave

we

lea

rnt

an

d

wh

at

do

we

nee

d t

o a

vo

id?

’

●

Inte

rco

nne

cte

d h

igh

rise

bu

ildin

gs

●

Gre

en

ro

ofto

ps t

ha

t a

re p

ub

licly

accessib

le

an

d c

on

ne

cte

d

●

Eve

ry b

uild

ing

ha

s a

n e

lem

en

t o

f re

sid

en

tia

l,

pri

va

te a

nd

co

mm

erc

ial

●

Gh

ett

os

●

Mo

no

cu

ltu

re

●

La

ck o

f a

ffo

rda

bili

ty

●

Iso

lation

Pa

rtic

ipa

nt

Qu

ote

“A

n o

pe

n c

ity t

ailo

red

to a

ccom

mo

da

te a

fast-

mo

vin

g c

osm

op

olit

an

cultu

re. H

ighe

r d

en

sitie

s t

ha

n to

day,

hig

h in

tera

ctio

n e

nviro

nm

en

ts (

co

-wo

rkin

g e

tc),

ho

me

to

a la

rge

ed

uca

ted m

idd

le c

lass w

ith

app

etite

s fo

r cu

ltu

ral pe

rfo

rma

nce

an

d in

no

vation

”.

227

Pa

ge

10

AC

TIV

ITY

TH

RE

E -

‘W

HA

T D

O W

E W

AN

T?

’

Activity t

hre

e w

as f

ocu

se

d o

n b

rain

sto

rmin

g a

n im

ag

ine

d fu

ture

th

rou

gh t

he

eye

s o

f th

e p

art

icip

an

ts.

Pa

rtic

ipan

ts w

ere

aske

d t

o b

rain

sto

rm w

ha

t cre

ativity c

ou

ld loo

k lik

e in

Syd

ne

y in

205

0.

Th

e b

elo

w t

ab

le a

nd

wo

rd c

lou

d p

rese

nt th

e m

ost co

mm

on t

hem

es g

en

era

ted

fro

m th

is b

rain

sto

rm a

ctivity.

W

ith

in t

he

ir g

rou

ps,

pa

rtic

ipan

ts w

ere

als

o a

sked

to

pre

pa

re a

vis

ion

fo

r th

e fu

ture

of

the

City’s

nig

htlife

an

d c

rea

tive

secto

r in

20

50

. T

hese

vis

ion s

tate

me

nts

ha

ve

bee

n

inclu

ded

on

3 b

ut

are

als

o in

clu

de

d in

fu

ll o

n th

e f

ollo

win

g p

ag

es.

Th

e f

ollo

win

g p

ag

es

in

clu

de t

he

da

ta c

olle

cte

d f

rom

all

gro

up

s f

or

ac

tivit

y t

hre

e.

TH

EM

E

FREQUENCY

228

Pa

ge

11

GR

OU

P O

NE

Bra

ins

torm

●

A

ctive

●

Fo

cuse

d

●

Op

en

●

Flu

id

●

Glo

ba

lly in

clu

siv

e a

nd

active

ly e

ncou

ragin

g

●

Pro

ud

en

tre

pre

ne

uri

al

●

En

ga

gin

g

●

Inclu

siv

e a

nd

we

lco

min

g

●

Sa

fe,

Spo

nta

ne

ous a

nd

in

sp

irin

g

●

Nig

ht

tim

e w

ill b

e w

ork

ing

ho

urs

●

M

ore

tim

e f

or

leis

ure

an

d f

un

●

F

ocuse

d o

n s

torie

s a

nd

exp

eri

en

ce,

no

t fu

nd

ing

●

Cre

ativity s

ho

wn

in

pe

rso

na

of city (

urb

an

d

esig

n)

●

Div

ers

e s

ub

cu

ltu

re,

revolu

tio

n a

nd

po

litic

al

●

Su

sta

ina

ble

●

U

pskill

ing

an

d d

ive

rsifyin

g, skill

s a

nd

p

rofe

ssio

ns/ind

ustr

ies

●

Cro

ss-d

iscip

lina

ry c

o-w

ork

ing

sp

ace

s

●

A d

estin

atio

n/s

tate

, A

ustr

alia

an

d w

orl

d

wid

e

●

Bro

ad

ca

st g

lob

al in

tim

ate

pe

rso

na

l ●

G

rea

t p

art

icip

atio

n

●

Po

cke

ts o

f au

then

tic c

ultu

re

●

Mic

ro (

sm

all

scale

) activa

ted

sp

aces +

cu

ltu

res

●

Str

on

g e

no

ug

h t

o b

e in

de

pe

nde

nt

of

po

litic

s

Vis

ion

In 2

050

, th

e c

ity’s

nig

htl

ife

an

d c

rea

tivit

y w

ill b

e t

he

je

we

l o

f S

yd

ne

y’s

/Au

str

alia

’s c

row

n.

It is o

pen

all

ho

urs

, a

llow

s f

or

sp

onta

neity a

nd d

isco

ve

ry, ce

leb

rate

s d

ive

rsity a

nd

h

isto

ry a

nd

en

able

s c

om

mu

nitie

s t

o p

art

icip

ate

and

cla

im iden

tity

Bec

au

se i

t w

ill

ha

ve

str

uctu

re,

mir

ror

balls

an

d f

und

ing

W

e w

ill

ac

hie

ve

th

is b

y b

ein

g in

clu

siv

e

Ou

r c

hil

dre

n w

ill b

e b

ett

er

for

it b

ec

au

se

it

will

allo

w t

he

m to

de

ve

lop

inte

rpe

rson

al skill

s a

nd

ha

ve

an

op

en m

ind

W

e w

ill

ha

ve

pro

tec

ted

ou

r id

en

tity

, ou

r cu

ltu

ral asse

ts

We

will

ha

ve

att

rac

ted

or

cre

ate

d t

he

best a

nd

em

pa

thetic p

eo

ple

on t

he p

lan

et

GR

OU

P T

WO

Bra

ins

torm

●

In

clu

siv

e

●

Fa

st

tra

ins

●

Wi-F

i

●

Le

ad

by o

ur

firs

t p

eo

ple

●

S

po

nta

ne

ous

●

Fa

st

tra

ins w

ith

Wi-F

i

●

Inn

ova

tio

n

●

Vib

ran

t ●

F

un

/excitin

g

●

Exp

eri

me

nta

l, d

esig

nin

g n

ew

sp

aces

●

It f

eels

bu

stlin

g a

nd

hop

efu

l, b

ut

ne

ve

r co

nge

ste

d o

r m

an

ic

●

I ca

n g

et to

the

be

ach

by p

ub

lic t

ransp

ort

in

30

min

s fro

m a

nyw

he

re in

th

e c

ity lim

its

●

Th

e c

ity is f

ull

of in

no

va

tive

gre

en

sp

ace

s

●

Urb

an

bee

hiv

es

●

Gre

en

wa

lls c

orr

ido

rs

●

Accessib

le

●

Ne

two

rke

d

●

Dyn

am

ic

●

Div

ers

e

Vis

ion

In 2

050

, th

e c

ity’s

nig

htl

ife

an

d c

rea

tivit

y w

ill b

e in

clu

siv

e a

nd

ea

sy t

o b

road

cast

op

po

rtun

itie

s to

eng

ag

e a

nd r

each

th

e p

eo

ple

. It w

ill a

lso

be

a c

ity tha

t p

rom

ote

s a

nd

fa

cili

tate

s c

urio

sity a

nd e

xp

lora

tio

n.

Bec

au

se i

t w

ill

ha

ve

cha

racte

r, c

ura

ted

pre

cin

cts

an

d g

oo

d tra

nspo

rt/n

etw

ork

fa

cili

ties m

ove

me

nt

(active

tra

nspo

rt)

to e

nga

ge

with

en

viro

nm

en

t W

e w

ill

ac

hie

ve

th

is b

y r

esp

on

siv

e a

nd

ad

ap

tab

le t

ow

n p

lann

ing

(n

ot ju

st

pro

pe

rty a

nd

mon

ey o

rie

nta

ted

) a

nd

ha

vin

g a

‘str

ee

t cultu

re’

Ou

r c

hil

dre

n w

ill b

e b

ett

er

for

it b

ec

au

se

it

will

be

safe

an

d e

nco

ura

gin

g th

em

to

be

exp

ose

d to

cu

ltu

re a

nd

sp

ace

s w

here

th

ey c

an

exp

ress t

hem

se

lves.

W

e w

ill

ha

ve

pro

tec

ted

con

ne

ctio

n, str

ong

so

cia

l ties t

o o

ur

me

nta

l he

alth

W

e w

ill

ha

ve

att

rac

ted

or

cre

ate

d a

ll th

e c

rea

tive

s (

an

d p

eop

le)

we

ha

ve

lo

st a

nd

will

be

com

e a

city o

f sub

sta

nce

tha

t is

in

clu

siv

e a

nd

au

then

tic

229

Pa

ge

12

GR

OU

P T

HR

EE

Bra

ins

torm

●

D

eve

lop

me

nt o

pp

ort

un

itie

s la

dd

er

(art

ist

an

d a

ud

ien

ce

) ●

D

estina

tion

al, d

ive

rse

pre

cin

cts

●

A

ccessib

le (

tra

nsp

ort

and

acce

ss).

M

ultic

ultu

ral

●

Su

pp

ort

ive

●

D

isco

ve

ry/jo

urn

ey

●

Fu

n

●

Inclu

siv

e

●

Dari

ng

, d

iffe

ren

t a

nd c

ha

llen

gin

g.

●

‘L

oca

l p

rid

e’ a

rtis

ts,

nig

htlife

, pe

op

le a

nd

exp

lore

●

S

afe

●

D

yn

am

ic, e

vo

lvin

g,

div

ers

e a

nd

eve

r ch

ang

ing

●

Pu

sh

ing

th

e b

ou

nda

ries o

f re

alit

y

●

Accessib

le a

nd

multi-

se

nso

ria

l ●

R

ob

ust/a

uth

en

tic

●

Ste

wa

rdsh

ip a

nd

ow

ne

rsh

ip

●

Gra

nu

lar,

dis

pe

rse

d a

nd

yea

r ro

un

d

●

La

ye

red

24

hr

city (

busin

ess a

nd

e

xp

eri

en

ce

)

●

Un

iqu

e a

nd

vib

ran

t

Vis

ion

In 2

050

, th

e c

ity’s

nig

htl

ife

an

d c

rea

tivit

y w

ill b

e s

om

eth

ing

we

ca

n b

e p

rou

d o

f: d

yn

am

ic,

eve

r-e

vo

lvin

g, p

ush

ing

bo

un

da

rie

s,

div

ers

e, in

clu

siv

e a

nd

rew

ard

ing

.

Bec

au

se i

t w

ill

ha

ve

a d

isco

ve

ry o

f jo

urn

ey,

of fu

n, d

arin

g, diffe

ren

t a

nd

ch

alle

ngin

g e

xp

eri

en

ces

We

will

ac

hie

ve

th

is b

y h

avin

g a

la

ye

red

24

-ho

ur

city o

f g

ran

ula

r, d

isp

ers

ed

an

d y

ea

r-ro

und

exp

eri

en

ce

s th

at a

re v

ibra

nt, u

niq

ue

, ro

bust,

au

then

tic,

acce

ssib

le a

nd

mu

lti-

se

nso

ry

Ou

r c

hil

dre

n w

ill b

e b

ett

er

for

it b

ec

au

se

th

ey w

ill liv

e in

a c

ity t

hat

is f

or

all

ag

es a

nd

cu

ltu

res a

nd

is s

afe

W

e w

ill

ha

ve

pro

tec

ted

a s

upp

ort

ive

an

d in

clu

siv

e n

igh

tlife

th

at

giv

es u

s ‘lo

ca

l p

rid

e’

We

will

ha

ve

att

rac

ted

or

cre

ate

d d

estin

atio

n, d

ive

rse

pre

cin

cts

th

at o

ffe

r d

eve

lopm

en

t o

pp

ort

unity la

dd

ers

fo

r a

rtis

ts a

nd

au

die

nce

s t

hat

are

no

t a

lwa

ys a

ccessib

le

GR

OU

P F

OU

R

Bra

ins

torm

●

O

utd

oo

r ‘s

ou

nd

’ n

ot o

utd

oo

r ‘n

ois

e’

●

A c

ity t

ha

t em

bra

ces e

ve

ryo

ne

●

A

ffo

rda

ble

●

P

art

of

a p

erm

it p

roce

ss b

y p

rop

ert

y

de

ve

lope

rs is to

don

ate

a c

ert

ain

nu

mbe

r o

f spa

ces/flo

ors

to

art

ists

to

liv

e,

cre

ate

or

wo

rk

●

Fre

e s

pace

or

ren

t in

ce

ntive

s fo

r a

rtis

ts

co

ntr

ibu

tin

g to

the

cu

ltu

ral fa

bric o

f th

e c

ity

●

Pu

blic

ly o

wn

ed

and

accessib

le s

pace

s

●

A p

op

ula

tio

n w

ho

cele

bra

tes n

igh

t-tim

e it’s

eco

no

my

●

Liv

e m

usic

with

ou

t re

str

ictio

ns

●

Well-

fun

ded

art

s a

nd

cre

ative

se

cto

r ●

P

lea

se

ha

ve

gre

en s

pa

ce

s

●

Div

ers

e a

nd

in

clu

siv

e

●

Pro

active

in

th

e ta

len

t d

evelo

pm

en

t ●

F

ree

acce

ss t

o a

va

rie

ty o

f cultu

re f

or

au

die

nce

s

●

Hig

h m

utu

al co

mm

unity t

rust

an

d r

esp

ect

●

Holis

tic a

nd

vib

ran

t ●

D

ive

rsity:

not

just

in p

eo

ple

, in

cu

ltu

res a

nd

in b

elie

fs, b

ut

als

o in t

erm

s o

f b

uild

ings a

nd

str

uctu

res.

Ie n

ot a

big

sta

rk s

ou

lless

clin

ica

l lo

okin

g a

nd f

eelin

g c

ity

●

Inve

ste

d in

gro

wth

of

yo

ung

cre

ative

s

mo

vin

g in

to c

om

me

rcia

l p

ractice

●

A

city t

ha

t a

llow

s a

dults t

o m

ake

de

cis

ion

s

an

d b

e a

ccou

nta

ble

fo

r th

e c

on

se

qu

ence

s

●

Pa

rty a

fte

r da

rk

●

Le

ave

sp

ace

fo

r cultu

re to

gro

w

●

Cla

ss b

lind

●

A c

ity t

ha

t em

bra

ces t

he s

ou

nd

s o

f a

city

●

Ke

ep

the

lid

●

T

rustin

g

●

Su

rpri

se

and

delig

ht

●

Su

pp

ort

ed

ve

nue

s: a

rtis

t d

riven

●

F

or

eve

ry a

dve

rtis

em

en

t fo

cu

se

d b

illbo

ard

th

ere

sh

ou

ld b

e s

pace

fo

r p

ub

lic a

rt

●

A 2

4-h

ou

r city

230

Pa

ge

13

Vis

ion

In 2

050

, th

e c

ity’s

nig

htl

ife

an

d c

rea

tivit

y w

ill b

e s

upp

ort

ed

, th

rivin

g,

div

ers

e,

inclu

siv

e,

rep

rese

nta

tive

and

accessib

le. In

tern

ation

ally

re

pu

tab

le a

nd lo

ca

lly v

alu

ed a

nd

ce

leb

rate

d.

Bec

au

se i

t w

ill

ha

ve

ta

ke

n r

isks, b

ee

n a

dve

ntu

rous a

nd

reso

urc

ed

W

e w

ill

ac

hie

ve

th

is b

y r

esp

on

siv

e, a

gile

, fu

nd

ed

, co

-ope

rative

, ch

am

pio

ne

d a

nd t

ruste

d

Ou

r c

hil

dre

n w

ill b

e b

ett

er

for

it b

ec

au

se

th

ey c

an

ha

ve

fun

th

roug

h in

cre

ase

d o

pp

ort

un

ity,

we

llbe

ing

, e

nco

ura

ge

me

nt

to p

urs

ue

cre

ative

pu

rsuits r

esu

ltin

g in t

he

co

mm

unity b

ein

g s

tro

ng

er

We

will

ha

ve

pro

tec

ted

th

e a

bili

ty to

ea

rn a

n inco

me

in t

he a

rts a

nd

cu

ltu

ral ve

nu

es,

institu

tio

ns, cu

ltu

ral/a

rtis

tic h

eri

tag

e,

div

ers

ity o

f cu

ltu

ral e

xp

eri

en

ce

s a

nd

First

Nation

s

firs

t re

cog

nitio

n s

pa

ce

We

will

ha

ve

att

rac

ted

or

cre

ate

d n

ew

cu

ltu

ral g

rou

ps/institu

tio

ns,

au

die

nce

and

pub

lic v

alu

ing

and

belie

f in

th

e a

rts, cultu

ral to

urism

/ta

len

t he

alin

g th

rou

gh

cu

ltu

re

GR

OU

P F

IVE

Bra

ins

torm

●

S

ou

lful city

●

Mo

re o

ptio

ns f

or

un

win

din

g

●

Inte

ractive

cre

ative

wo

rksh

op

s

●

Accessib

le a

rts p

rog

ram

s

●

Fo

cus o

n a

rt a

nd

music

●

C

ele

bra

te o

ur

ou

tdo

ors

●

2

4h

ou

r e

ve

ryth

ing

●

Fin

ancia

l su

ppo

rt f

or

art

s p

rog

ram

s a

nd

art

ists

●

G

ue

rrill

a e

xh

ibitio

ns

●

Resp

ect,

su

pp

ort

an

d in

clu

siv

en

ess o

f a

rts

pro

gra

ms a

nd

art

ists

●

F

lexib

le s

pa

ce

s

●

Liv

e a

nd w

ork

●

B

uskin

g (

no

pe

rmits)

●

Pu

blic

tra

nspo

rt t

ha

t op

era

tes 2

4-h

ou

rs

●

Sp

aces t

o c

on

nect,

exp

ress m

atu

re

co

mm

unity

●

Aff

ord

able

ho

usin

g

●

Qu

iet

refle

ctive

sp

ace

●

T

ree

s a

nd

gre

en

●

Cu

ltu

ral p

olic

y is g

rou

nd

up

sha

pe

d b

y

co

mm

unity

●

Fle

xib

le p

lan

nin

g

●

De

dic

ate

d c

ultu

ral sp

ace

s

●

Sa

fe g

ua

rded

pub

lic s

pace

●

Re

sp

onsiv

e a

nd

fle

xib

le r

eg

ula

tio

n

Vis

ion

In 2

050

, th

e c

ity’s

nig

htl

ife

an

d c

rea

tivit

y w

ill b

e t

he

be

st in

th

e w

orl

d.

Bec

au

se i

t w

ill

ha

ve

sou

l, e

mp

ath

y,

vis

ion

, g

roun

d u

p r

egu

latio

n.

Natu

ral be

au

ty a

nd

gritt

y,

fle

xib

le s

pace

s.

Div

ers

ity,

affo

rda

ble

liv

ing

sp

aces,

edu

catio

n a

nd

a t

rea

ty

We

will

ac

hie

ve

th

is b

y a

cting

bo

ldly

no

w.

24

hr

activity &

tra

nspo

rt.

Pro

tectin

g p

ublic

sp

ace

s, cultu

ral sp

ace

s &

nig

ht-

tim

e p

recin

cts

. B

ein

g e

nvir

onm

en

tally

co

nscio

us.

Cre

atin

g a

sp

ace

to

tell

sto

rie

s

Ou

r c

hil

dre

n w

ill b

e b

ett

er

for

it b

ec

au

se

… T

he

y w

ill b

e insp

ired

, active

, su

pp

ort

ed

, fr

ee

, cre

ative

safe

& im

po

we

red

.

We

will

ha

ve

pro

tec

ted

… c

ultu

re,

the

fu

ture

, sp

ace

, re

puta

tio

n,

hum

an

rig

hts

, e

nvir

on

men

t, w

ork

/life

ba

lan

ce

.

We

will

ha

ve

att

rac

ted

or

cre

ate

d…

Div

ers

ity,

sa

fe w

elc

om

ing

sp

ace

, w

orl

d's

be

st e

con

om

y,

be

st

thin

ke

rs, th

e m

ost

socia

lly e

nrich

ing

com

mun

ity in th

e w

orl

d

231

Pa

ge

14

GR

OU

P S

IX

Bra

ins

torm

●

A

ccessib

le

●

Vib

ran

t ●

S

tim

ula

tin

g

●

Art

istically

dri

ve

n

●

So

cia

l n

od

es (

for

eve

ryth

ing

an

d e

ve

ryo

ne

) ●

P

rom

ote

r o

f in

no

va

tio

n a

nd e

nco

ura

ge

ne

w

exp

ressio

n a

nd

colla

bo

ratio

n.

●

Su

sta

ina

ble

●

S

afe

to

exp

lore

●

S

afe

to

exp

lore

●

C

rea

tivity t

hri

vin

g,

24

/7,

vill

ag

es w

ith

gre

en

sq

ua

res a

nd

div

ers

ity d

rive

n

●

Div

ers

e

●

Se

am

less w

ork

to

pla

y a

nd

to

liv

e.

●

S

afe

lo

vin

g

●

Cre

ative

ly inclu

siv

e

●

Co

he

sio

n-

music

, a

rts a

nd

resid

en

ts

●

A d

rive

r o

f socia

l co

hesio

n,

mutu

al re

spe

ct

an

d u

nd

ers

tand

ing

●

Nu

rtu

ring

, fo

rwa

rd f

ocuse

d

●

Active

ly (

inclu

siv

e)

no

t usin

g d

ive

rsity o

r in

clu

sio

n a

s a

toke

nis

tic b

uzzw

ord

●

T

he

en

tire

city w

ork

s to

geth

er

in c

oh

esio

n

Vis

ion

In 2

050

, th

e c

ity’s

nig

htl

ife

an

d c

rea

tivit

y w

ill b

e e

qu

ita

ble

an

d a

cce

ssib

le to

all

diffe

ren

ce

s,

en

cou

ragin

g in

no

va

tio

n a

nd

cre

ative

ly u

niq

ue

.

Bec

au

se i

t w

ill

ha

ve

div

ers

ity,

less r

eg

ula

tion

, m

ore

op

po

rtun

itie

s, su

pp

ort

ed

and

fun

de

d in

du

str

y d

esig

nate

d c

reative

zon

es.

W

e w

ill

ac

hie

ve

th

is b

y r

em

ovin

g im

pe

dim

en

ts a

nd u

niv

ers

al in

com

e.

O

ur

ch

ild

ren

wil

l b

e b

ett

er

for

it b

ec

au

se

th

ere

will

be

a m

ore

vib

rant

and

inclu

siv

e c

om

mu

nity,

fre

er

to c

rea

te a

nd

enga

ge

.

We

will

ha

ve

pro

tec

ted

… V

en

ue

s,

spa

ce

s, com

mun

ity a

nd

cre

ative

spir

it. W

e w

ill h

ave

attra

cte

d o

r cre

ate

d…

Ou

r o

wn

cu

ltu

ral ch

ara

cte

r!

232

Pa

ge

15

AC

TIV

ITY

FO

UR

- Q

&A

WR

AP

UP

Th

e f

ina

l a

ctivity o

f th

e e

ve

nin

g w

as a

gro

up

dis

cu

ssio

n o

n th

e p

rio

ritie

s o

r m

issin

g g

ap

s a

cro

ss t

he

activitie

s.

Pa

rtic

ipa

nts

we

re e

nco

ura

ge

d to

sh

are

fu

rthe

r id

eas a

nd

re

leva

nt

the

me

s th

at h

ad

no

t b

ee

n

dis

cu

sse

d t

hro

ug

ho

ut

the

wo

rksh

op.

Th

e f

ollo

win

g c

om

me

nts

we

re n

ote

d d

uri

ng

this

dis

cussio

n:

Co

mm

en

t 1

“Div

ers

ity a

nd

inclu

sio

n s

ee

m to

be

a m

ajo

r o

ve

rall

key t

he

me

, b

ut to

en

su

re t

his

. C

urr

en

tly t

he

re a

re

ma

ny f

irst

na

tion

s p

eop

le o

r pe

op

le w

ith

dis

ab

ilitie

s t

ha

t can

’t g

o o

ut,

or

do

n’t f

ee

l sa

fe w

hen

th

ey g

o

ou

t b

ecau

se

th

ey d

on

't h

ave

the

sa

me

expe

rie

nce

as m

idd

le-c

lass w

hite

pe

ople

. T

alk

ing

abo

ut

div

ers

ity a

nd

in

clu

sio

n it

would

nic

e t

o s

ee in

20

50,

a fir

st n

atio

ns o

r p

ers

on o

f co

lou

r as t

he

Ma

yo

r o

f

Syd

ney o

r a

pe

rson

with

a d

isa

bili

ty. P

eo

ple

in

le

ad

ers

hip

positio

ns r

efle

ct th

e c

om

mu

nity w

e liv

e in

.

Th

inkin

g a

bo

ut

eq

uity a

nd

diffe

ren

t b

arr

iers

. It

wo

uld

be

nic

e to

see

th

at

within

th

is S

ydn

ey 2

05

0

do

cu

me

nt.

”

C

om

me

nt

2

“I f

ee

l th

ere

is a

big

ga

p in

rega

rds to

pla

tfo

rms f

or

em

erg

ing

yo

ung

tale

nt, t

he

re a

re a

lo

t o

f b

ig e

ve

nts

,

bu

t o

fte

n it

is e

sta

blis

he

d a

rtis

ts a

nd

cre

atives t

hat

ge

t th

at

sta

ge

, it w

ould

be

am

azi

ng

to

have

sm

alle

r

inte

ractive

co

mm

un

al spa

ces w

he

re p

eo

ple

ca

n c

rea

te a

nd

mo

re p

latfo

rms t

o s

ho

wcase

po

ten

tia

l.”

C

om

me

nt

3

“To

spe

ak f

urt

he

r a

rou

nd p

latfo

rms,

25s a

nd

und

er

on

Insta

gra

m,

to s

top

ha

vin

g to

fin

d ta

len

t th

rou

gh

dig

ita

l pla

tfo

rms lik

e I

nsta

gra

m,

be

ca

use

it re

lies to

o m

uch

on a

lgo

rith

ms a

nd

ae

sth

etics,

it c

rea

tes

hu

ge

ba

rrie

rs to

anyo

ne

tha

t do

esn

’t f

it t

his

de

scri

ption

.”

C

om

me

nt

3

“Mo

re a

bo

ut

the s

pa

ce

s,

the

re a

re s

pa

ce

s in

Syd

ney,

bu

t I th

ink a

lo

t o

f pe

op

le a

re la

zy.

I w

as a

pro

mo

ter

for

25

ye

ars

an

d th

ere

are

a c

ou

ple

of p

laces left

, I

fee

l lik

e w

e w

ere

ta

lkin

g a

bo

ut ig

nitin

g

cu

riosity.

Th

ere

is a

lo

t o

f p

eople

in S

ydn

ey,

bu

t th

ey’re

no

t le

avin

g t

he

ir h

ou

se

s, w

e h

ave

the

spa

ce

,

bu

t w

e n

ee

d to

ig

nite

cu

riosity a

nd

su

ppo

rt lo

cal b

usin

ess. W

e a

s a

rtis

ts n

eed

to

le

t p

eop

le k

no

w w

hat

is o

ut

the

re.”

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