Dec 19, 2017 | Community Engagement, Creative Cities, Economic Development
JOC Consulting recently engaged businesses across Newtown, Glebe and Redfern on the City of Sydney’s newly launched Business Support Grant focussing on Night-time Diversification. The Grant offers up to $30,000 matched funding to support businesses delivering...
Oct 27, 2017 | Community Engagement, landscape architecture
JOC Consulting recently delivered engagement services for the City of Parramatta Council to identify community needs and aspirations for the North Rocks Park Precinct Master Plan. These services included a casual drop-in session for locals, a community workshop on...
Aug 17, 2017 | Community Engagement, Creative Cities, Uncategorized
The Council of the City of Sydney (The City) recognises the “life and colour buskers bring to the local area, from playing music, singing and dancing to all sorts of performances that entertain the public”. In supporting the busking culture and ensuring the safety of...
Jul 7, 2017 | Community Engagement, Creative Cities, Economic Development
Our Director, John O’Callaghan, was recently invited to Chair the Western Sydney Making Spaces Initiative Assessment Panel for Create NSW. The Making Spaces Initiative will provide funding (up to $60,000) to enable professional artists and arts organisations to create...
Jul 2, 2017 | Community Engagement, Creative Cities, Planner Tech, Social Media
At JOC Consulting we’re excited to be working with Newcastle City Council on their Smart City Strategy. Last year we delivered the community and stakeholder engagement and this year we’re helping facilitate a series of ‘Innovation Quarterly’...
Jun 30, 2017 | Community Engagement, landscape architecture, Tactical Urbanism, Urban Planning
In collaboration with Sprout Landscape Architecture, JOC Consulting was recently commissioned by Penrith City Council to develop a ‘palette’ of urban interventions for an aged retail strip at Sydney Street, St Marys. The project formed part of a pilot program, Local...