Jun 10, 2019 | place making, Urban Planning
Yackandandah is a unique town with a strong community spirit. Wanting to set a sustainable and visionary direction for the future, Indigo Shire Council has commissioned JOC Consulting and Habitat Planning to develop a Place Plan for Yackandandah. The Place Plan will...
Oct 3, 2017 | place making, Urban Planning
JOC Consulting, in partnership with RobertsDay and The Space Agency, has been commissioned by Sydney Metro and Landcom to develop the Sydney Metro Northwest Interim Activation Framework and Strategy. The project will focus on delivering short term, temporary...
Jun 9, 2016 | Creative Cities, Economic Development, Planner Tech, Uncategorized, Urban Planning
My latest article for the Planning Institute of Australia’s New Planner magazine looking at Australia’s newest Smart City – Lake Macquarie. Extract – “The ‘Lake Mac Smart City, Smart Council Digital Economy Strategy’ delivers a bottom up...
May 20, 2014 | Creative Cities, Sustainability, Urban Planning
Last night I was invited by the City of Sydney to join the panel on Sydney’s first-ever cultural policy – Creative City! With a packed house and great line up of speakers, it was encouraging to see so many creative thinkers immersing themselves in the...
Aug 15, 2012 | Social Media, Urban Planning
With the continued growth of social media, new ways of engaging have been adopted by urban professionals. We are increasingly seeing the benefits of engaging with a larger, younger and more mobile cohort that would, in most cases, appear largely absent from the...
