Jun 19, 2018 | Economic Development, Retail
JOC Consulting has been commissioned to deliver a Feasibility Study on mobile vending and outdoor markets across the Waverley Local Government Area (LGA). We have teamed up with SGS Economics and Planning to explore the economic impact on brick and mortar businesses,...
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 16, 2017 | Economic Development, Sustainability, Urban Planning, Urban Trends
In September 2016, a powerful storm caused major blackouts across South Australia and got many people interested in the security of Australia’s electricity supply. Following these events a major Australian company tapped JOC Consulting on the shoulder and...
Sep 27, 2017 | Creative Cities, Economic Development, Urban Planning
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been working with Waverley Council to deliver a series of activations as demonstration projects for the draft Evening, Culture and Entertainment Strategy. In partnership with Cred Consulting, Authority Creative and with support...
Jul 20, 2017 | Creative Cities, Economic Development, Urban Planning
Working on the Wingham Place Making Project has been one of the biggest highlights of 2017 so far. With a proactive Chamber of Commerce backed by strong leadership from Council and many passionate locals, we really couldn’t have gotten any luckier! At JOC we...
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...