The City Renewal Authority has today released a report featuring ideas from more than 650 community members on how to make City Hill park a more welcoming and enticing public space.
The Authority’s Chief Executive Officer Malcolm Snow said the overwhelming response highlights Canberrans’ views of City Hill as a symbolic but underused place in the heart of Canberra.
“The City Hill Ideas Exhibition and survey has captured the imagination of Canberrans and resulted in a wealth of ideas and creative designs for the four-hectare park,” Mr Snow said.
“It shows that people care about the future of City Hill park and want to inform the role it plays in our City Centre’s ongoing renewal.”
Image: one of the 69 drawn or designed submissions to the City Hill Ideas Exhibition.
Mr Snow also highlighted the community’s eagerness to protect the park’s heritage while also supporting a range of new and different uses.
“The community ideas have been considered and insightful in the way they integrated features like nature play areas, paths, cafés and performance spaces in the existing City Hill landscape,” Mr Snow said.
“We look forward to sharing next steps once we have fully considered these ideas and defined a clear vision for City Hill that reflects both community feedback and its important heritage.”
Image: a series of guided tours in heritage, architecture, accessibility and First Nations history took place on 13 March to help inspire ideas for City Hill.
The six-week public survey ran from 13 February to 25 March and received ideas from First Nations peoples, primary school students, interest groups, national landscape architecture firms and other community members.
Key ideas that emerged from the exhibition and survey included:
An online gallery is now showing the 69 drawn submissions featuring colourful and creative ideas on how to maintain City Hill park while also making it more enticing for visitors.
Image: a selection of drawings and designs currently featured online as part of the City Hill Ideas Exhibition.
View the City Hill Park Listening Report on the YourSay website.
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