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Local Action Plan Matching Grants Program

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New Moves for Newtown

King Street is Newtown’s greatest public asset and its strongest urban element. Ideas for the Newtown Activity Hub would integrate Newtown Station and link to Enmore Road and the tram shed precinct, giving priority to pedestrians, enhancing public space and improving links between the train station, Neighbourhood Centre and Erskineville Road.

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Oxford Street Cultural Precinct

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Oxford Street Cultural Precinct

The City is developing an Oxford Street Cultural Precinct Strategy. The Strategy will capture and build on Oxford's Street's character as a strong urban cultural quarter of book shops, cafés and restaurants, performing and visual art venues, education institutions, fashion and design shops, and creative industries.

 

Chinatown Public Domain Study

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Chinatown Public Domain Study

The Chinatown Public Domain Study identifies opportunities to improve Chinatown's public domain. It makes very specific recommendations to renew streets, laneways and public spaces and to support the area's economic, cultural and social activities. The study builds on suggestions and ideas from the community and considers Chinatown’s role in implementing the Sustainable Sydney 2030 Vision.

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Local Action Plan Matching Grants Program

Project

Local Action Plan Matching Grants Program

The City of Sydney’s Local Action Plans Matching Grants Program provides a mechanism for community engagement, skills development, capacity building and shared funding arrangements for projects. It provides grants (cash/in-kind) of up to $10,000.

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  • Objectives for Vibrant Local Communities:

    1. 6.1  Maintain and enhance the role and character of the Villages

    2. 6.2  Create a network of Activity Hubs as places for meeting, shopping, creating, learning and working for local communities

    3. 6.3  Provide a rich layer of accessible community-level social infrastructure, services and programs across the City

    4. 6.4 Develop and support local economies and employment.

    5. 6.5  Build opportunities for lifelong learning in new literacies

    6. Download full actions for Direction 6

  • Targets:

    By 2030 there will be:

    • Every resident within a 10 minute (800 m) walk to a main street
    • 45 per cent of people believing most people can be trusted
    • 97,000 additional jobs in the City

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