The Sydney and Melbourne Buildings will be illuminated with the work of two Canberra artists during this year’s Enlighten Festival.
The historic buildings that mark the entry to the city centre are being illuminated from February 28 until 9 March with five bold and colourful creations, two each from Jodie Cunningham and George Rose, and one created from the neon shapes from the festival’s 2020 branding.
Most of us can do with a bit more physical activity in our lives and the City Renewal Authority is trying to make that a bit easier for city workers and residents with its RenewYou program.
RenewYou is a trial program of free, weekly healthy activity classes to encourage people to get out and enjoy their city centre.
Latin lunches, slow fashion and a glass snail are among the 21 recipients who will share in $175,000 in grants funding to make the city centre and Dickson more interesting and exciting. We have awarded about $100,000 to 12 recipients in the latest round of City Grants and $75,000 to nine recipients in the inaugural round of Dickson Grants.
Building on nearly 10 years’ worth of previous consultation and research, the City Renewal Authority is in the final stages of developing a place plan and concept design for the public spaces in Garema Place, City Walk, Petrie Plaza and Ainslie Place.
The City Renewal Authority gave away more than 800 plants to the community on Tuesday 21 January to make way for new varieties of ornamental flowers and foliage to reflect the upcoming changing season.
Akuna Streetscape improvements are now complete with the final phase, upgrading the busy pedestrian crossing at City Walk and Akuna Street, reopened for public use.
Revitalising the Sydney and Melbourne Buildings is underway with shared waste enclosures in the laneways now operational, and draft legislation to restore and maintain the buildings ready for consultation with building owners.