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As part of our Future of Central Geelong virtual series, we will receive an update from the Revitalising Central Geelong partnership. The panel of guest speakers will include Tammy Smith (Senior Manager at Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning), Joanna Gilligan (Director, Major Projects, Barwon South West Region at Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning), Virginia Lee-Laurie ( Coordinator Central Geelong Revitalisation at City of Greater Geelong) and Dr Jonathan Daly (Manager, Urban Design and Heritage + City Design Champion (UNESCO)).

The Future of Central Geelong series of virtual member briefings aim to dive deeper into the issues, challenges and opportunities facing central Geelong in a COVID-normal world. Kicking off in May, this series is due to run through to July and various industry experts will share their ideas and plans on how to best design central Geelong’s future.

This Future of Central Geelong series has strategic links to :

• The Committee for Geelong’s Strategic Action Area: Dynamic and Creative Geelong – “Having a vibrant central Geelong that performs a clear function in the greater Geelong area is an essential component for a ‘Clever and Creative’ city, particularly in relation to commercial demand, retail offer, nightlife and entertainment.” 19772_A5_Strategic_framework_final.pdf
• The Resilient Geelong report: ensuring a vibrant, creative, sustainable Central Geelong will help inform and support a range of recommendations from the report Johnson-et-al.-Resilient-Geelong-Research-Paper.pdf
• Central Geelong Framework Plan – due to be released in late April, the Committee for Geelong will be making a submission in response to this important document.
• Engagement and information gathering to support the development of “Plan Geelong”.