Make Good Neighbourhood Public Participation Report

MAKE GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD PUBLIC PARTICIPATION REPORT

DAIRY ROAD MAKE GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD PUBLIC PARTICIPATION REPORT CONTENTS DAIRY ROAD AUGUST 18 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 A SUMMARY 5 B METHODOLOGY 11 C ENGAGEMENT AND REACH 29 D LEARNINGS 43 E APPENDIX 53 1. Regenerative Urbanism Public Event 54 2. Wetland Walking Public Event 55 3. Art + Gentrification + Development Public Event 59 4. The Dairy Road Chronicles Public Event 60 5. Who’s Missing? Public Event 64 6. Tips Please Public Event 66 7. Ladies Who Make Public Event 67 8. Local Community Roundtable 68 9. Tenants Roundtable 69 10. Arts Roundtable 71 11. Environment Roundtable 72 12. Access and Inclusion Roundtable 74 13. Industry Roundtable 76

DAIRY ROAD IS ON NGUNNAWAL COUNTRY IN AN AREA KNOWN AS BIYALIEGEE. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE NGUNNAWAL, NGAMBRI AND THE NGARIGU PEOPLE AS THE TRADITIONAL CUSTODIANS OF THE LAND AND PAY OUR RESPECTS TO THEIR ELDERS PAST, PRESENT AND EMERGING. DAIRY ROAD IS A MOLONGLO PROJECT. PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROHAN THOMSON, ASHLEY ST GEORGE, KREI MANZO AND PETER KONGMALAVONG FEATURES THROUGHOUT. A SUMMARY

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Dairy Road is a neighbourhood slowly developing in Canberra’s East Lake. It is currently made up of seven main warehouses, some office buildings and vehicle yards, and is located two kilometres from the Canberra Airport, and eight from the city centre. It is flanked by highways on one side and the precious Jerrabomberra Wetlands on the other. Between August 18 and September 30, 2018 (with one additional event on August 11), theMake Good Neighbourhood public participation program facilitated community input into the future of Dairy Road. It was a program by the site’s developer Molonglo Group, who have operated within the realm of development theory and practice since 1964. Over this time, Molonglo’s projects have spanned architecture and urban design, hotels, hospitality, furniture and product design, publishing, exhibitions, public programs, supermarkets, organic foods and technology businesses. Their key focus for the last 15 years has been on the progressive restoration of NewActon, a mixed-use precinct on the edge of Canberra’s city centre. Molonglo’s process is often collaborative and cross- disciplinary, which allows for enormous fluidity, flexibility and disjunction in creative making. They are design-led, which provokes a simple question when it comes to Dairy Road: Who should this place be designed for? The obvious answer is that we are designing for diversity. Modern Canberrans are a diverse crowd. We are mothers, fathers, grandparents, children, students, lawyers, administrators, entrepreneurs, dreamers, thinkers and artists. Make Good Neighbourhood seeked to better understand the wants and needs of all Canberrans by having as many conversations with as many different people as possible (roughly 600 all up). The program’s methodology was similarly diverse and included an exhibition, survey, public events, roundtables and drop-in sessions. The key findings are outlined in more detail throughout this report. The wisdom shared by all who took part was diverse at times. However generally, it was clear that Canberrans have a shared sense of purpose across the statements that follow.

6 ON SITE AT DAIRY ROAD. 7 DAIRY ROAD MUST BE RESPECTFUL OF THE ENVIRONMENT. Responsible and sustainable environmental choices are of paramount importance. With the precious Jerrabomberra Wetlands as Dairy Road’s neighbour, ongoing consultation on decisions ranging from water management to planting choices will be essential.

DAIRY ROAD MUST BE COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY. Community is foundational to a good neighbourhood. Public gathering places and ephemeral events provide important contexts for people to come together. An ongoing commitment to community consultation - actively seeking out a range of different voices - will support diversity and inclusion.

DAIRY ROAD MUST BE ACCESSIBLE. Improving accessibility at Dairy Road is important. As the neighbourhood develops, this means designing for universal access and working with people with a disability to create a community they want to be part of.

DAIRY ROAD MUST BE AFFORDABLE. Diverse neighbourhoods are affordable neighbourhoods; there need to be places that people can spend time in without spending money. As people start to live at Dairy Road, long- lasting affordable housing must be part of a residential model.

DAIRY ROAD MUST BE SAFE. Everyone wants to feel safe in their neighbourhood. This quality at Dairy Road is a priority.

DAIRY ROAD MUST INCLUDE THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY. Dairy Road is on Ngunnawal country in an area known as Biyaliegee. Molonglo has a responsibility to work with Indigenous custodians to celebrate the rich history of this site and support ongoing cultural expression.

DAIRY ROAD MUST BE CONNECTED. Inclusive neighbourhoods are easy to get to. Connecting Dairy Road to the rest of Canberra - through roads, public transport links and active travel pathways - is essential.

DAIRY ROAD MUST RETAIN ITS INDUSTRIAL IDENTITY. The industrial character of Dairy Road makes it a unique neighbourhood in Canberra. Retaining industrial vernacular architecture and supporting tenants to continue to make on site will allow us to celebrate this important history.

THE JERRABOMBERRA WETLANDS NATURE RESERVE. 8 9 DAIRY ROAD MUST BE A PLACE OF EDUCATION. Good neighbourhoods are places to learn, grow and develop new ways of doing things. Supporting education at Dairy Road B METHODOLOGY will help attract different people and new ideas.

DAIRY ROAD MUST HAVE DIVERSE TENANT TYPOLOGIES. Dairy Road can become a place to explore and experiment with tenancy typologies, finding alternative ways to support local enterprise. 11 28 Every place has a layered history. There are people who have occupied it, cared for it, and documented it long before us, and there are people who will continue to do this long after we’ve gone. As “designers” Molonglo believe it’s important to acknowledge ourselves within this continuum and understand our role is one of caretakership or stewardship of the Dairy Road site. Dairy Road is a neighbourhood that will evolve over the next 15, 30, 60-years and beyond. It should be designed for a future Canberran, whose future is of course forever changing and sometimes totally unknown. This is a future we might not all be here to see, but have a responsibility towards nonetheless. Molonglo would like to thank everyone who participated in this program and shared in that responsibility.

10 B METHODOLOGY

The public participation program for Dairy Road used a mixed methods approach. This created a range of ways for people to participate in conversations about the future of this site.

Forms of conversation included: 1. An exhibition; 2. An electronic survey; 3. Public events; 4. Roundtables; 5. Individual consultation; 6. Select engagements; and 7. Artist commissions.

1. MAKE GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD EXHIBITION A participatory exhibition that contextualised the Dairy Road site and gave audiences the chance to imagine its future. Simple engagement activities - such as mapping, voting, and building blocks - helped make conversations about urban design and development easier to understand and participate in. The exhibition also included passive engagement activities such as stories and a photo wall. The Make Good Neighbourhood exhibition was open to the public via a series of drop-in sessions across multiple weeks. The exhibition was also the setting for events and roundtables.

12 THE MAKE GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD EXHIBITION. 13 BUILDING BLOCKS REPRESENTED PLACE TYPOLOGIES. 14 PARTICIPANTS COULD "VOTE" ON URBAN PLANNING PRINCIPLES. 15 AN INTERACTIVE "FILL IN THE BLANK" WALL. 16 PARTICIPANTS SHARED TYPICAL DAILY JOURNEYS. 17 A PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION OF DAIRY ROAD'S SURROUNDS. 18 STORIES FROM PAST RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THE DAIRY ROAD SITE. 19 2. MAKE GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD ELECTRONIC SURVEY An electronic survey collected ideas and opinions on good neighbourhood living in Canberra, along with some Dairy Road Hi. I am the Dairy Road bot. context-specific sections. Key areas of investigation included: what places and qualities people value in communities; sentiment for living alongside light industry; and what people think is missing in Canberra. This survey was delivered as an experimental chatbot with the option to also participate through an accessible digital form. I want to talk to you about how It was distributed via the Dairy Road website, social media and to make a good neighbourhood. direct emails. A Dairy Road prize pack - featuring produce from various tenants - was used to incentivise participation. Do you have time to chat? It should only take 5 or 10 minutes.

Yes

First up I’d like to understand some basics about you. Bots love stats. Is it okay if I ask you about your gender and age?

What gender do you identify with?

Female

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ON THE RIGHT, A SCREEN SHOT FROM THE ELECTRONIC SURVEY. 20 21 3. MAKE GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD PUBLIC EVENTS A curated public program of events included conversations, presentations and a walk. Content ranged from contextualising the Dairy Road location through both Indigenous and settler history, to discussions about access, power and culture within urban design. The opportunity for attendee participation, be it through questions or group conversation, was built into all events.

REGENERATIVE URBANISM TIPS PLEASE AUGUST 11 2018 SEPTEMBER 10 2018 A panel discussion about placing A discussion with and about Indigenous knowledge systems at hospitality and produce businesses the core of urban design. in Canberra. Speakers considered their role in shaping community and WETLAND WALKING the importance of local, independent AUGUST 19 2018 business. An Indigenous-led walk in the area surrounding Dairy Road. Attendees LADIES WHO MAKE learnt about bush tucker, how the SEPTEMBER 27 2018 landscape has changed over time, A conversation with women working and some stories about the site. in various areas of light industry and construction. The discussion included ART + GENTRIFICATION + the importance of making your own DEVELOPMENT spaces and practicing self-care. AUGUST 25 2018 A provocative discussion about the complex relationship between art and development. The event considered more sustainable models for navigating relationships loaded with financial disparity.

THE DAIRY ROAD CHRONICLES AUGUST 26  2018 A talk on the wild (and yet wildly unknown) history of Dairy Road.

WHO’S MISSING? SEPTEMBER 9 2018 A discussion about what prevents people from accessing urban spaces and how we can break down these barriers.

22 WETLAND WALKING. 23 WETLAND WALKING. 24 LADIES WHO MAKE. 25 ART + GENTRIFICATION + DEVELOPMENT. 26 WETLAND WALKING. 27 4. ROUNDTABLES A series of roundtable conversations directly engaged with different key stakeholder groups relating to Dairy Road. C ENGAGEMENT Individuals and organisations were invited via email to participate in this event. Guest lists were shared at the time of invitation, so participants could also suggest additional attendees. AND REACH Local Community Roundtable  August 18, 2018 Current Tenants Roundtable  August 23, 2018 Arts Roundtable  September 12, 2018 Environment Roundtable  September 13, 2018 Access and Inclusion Roundtable  September 25, 2018 Industry Roundtable September 25, 2018 29 42 Please note, a full list of attendees can be found in the appendices.

5. INDIVIDUAL CONSULTATION Where appropriate, direct and individualised consultation was undertaken with key stakeholders. This included Indigenous, government and some local community stakeholders. Molonglo was also responsive; team members met with people who approached the group in relation to Dairy Road. A public email address was advertised to facilitate this interaction.

6. SELECT ENGAGEMENTS ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body Secretariat artsACT Canberra Airport Canberra City Farm Canberra Ornithologists Group Department of Environmental Planning and Sustainable Development Inner South Canberra Community Council Wetlands and Woodlands Trust Pedal Power

7. ARTIST COMMISSIONS Artistic responses to Dairy Road were commissioned from three Canberra-based artists - Chris Sutevski, Krei Manzo and Reuben Ingall. This process was designed to be open-ended, allowing for alternative perspectives and presentations of Dairy Road. The outcomes from these commissions will be made public.

28 DAIRY ROAD’S PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROGRAM RESULTED C ENGAGEMENT AND REACH IN CLOSE TO 600 CONSULTATIONS, COMPRISING OF:

23 COLLABORATORS 25 INDIVIDUAL CONSULTATION ATTENDEES 57 ROUNDTABLE ATTENDEES 148 PARTICIPATED IN THE 225 PUBLIC PROGRAM ATTENDEES PROGRAM VIA AN ONLINE SURVEY. 61% Female | 36% Male | 3% This audience was: • Other / Prefer Not to Say 59% Female | 40% Male | • 1% Other / Prefer Not to Say U18 - 3% | 19 - 29 - 21% | 30 - 39 • - 29% | 40 - 49 - 18% | 50 - 59 - U18 - 0% | 19 - 29 - 23% | 30 - 39 12% | 60 - 69 - 11% | 70+ - 6% • - 43% | 40 - 49 - 19% | 50 - 59 - 9% | 60 - 69 - 5% | 70+ - 1% 91% lived in Canberra, of them • 28% of people regularly spend 76% lived in Canberra, of them time in Inner South Canberra, • 29% of people regularly spend Fyshwick and Queanbeyan. time in Inner South Canberra or Fyshwick. 116 EXHIBITION AND DROP-IN SESSION ATTENDEES • 59% Female | 41% Male U18 - 39 - 64% | 40 + - 36% Please• note, this excludes people who visited the exhibition while attending an event in the space.

30 31 •57 Roundtable 23 Collaborators Attendees • • •25 Individual Program225 Public Attendees Consultation Attendees

•116 Exhibition and Drop-In Session 148 Online Participants Attendees

• 32 33 DAIRY ROAD AUDIENCE MOSTNEIGHBOURHOODS COMMONLY VISITED BY THE

N CANBERRA CITY • • HULT MACGREGOR • DUNLOP • • WRIGHT LATHAM • • • • CHAMWOOD COOMBS HAWKER HOLDER • • STIRLING • • • WESTON CREEK FRASER FLOREY FLYNN • • WESTON WARAMANGA • • • • ■ • COOK GREENWAY KAMBAH • MACQUARIE • SPENCE ■ BELCONNEN • CHIFLEY • OXLEY CURTIN BONYTHON • • • • • BRUCE • GORDON PEARCE • ARANDA TORRENS • WANNIASSA ■ TUGGERANONG • • • • • ERINDALE • ■ HUGHES PHILLIP BANKS PLAINS ISABELLA LAWSON WODEN VALLEY CONDER • • • • • CASEY FARRER • DEAKIN • • GARRAN YARRALUMLA • • GOWRIE CALWELL ISAACS NGUNNAWAL KALEEN • • • ® • FADDEN • PALMERSTON • • O'CONNER THEODORE ® ACTON TURNER RED HILL CHISHOLM ■ • ■ MANUKA • • ✿ ■ GILMORE GRIFFITH BONNER • ■ LYNEHAM ■ ✿ CITY PARKES ■ BARTON ® • ✿ • • • • ■ DOWNER ® ® DICKSON MITCHELL REID FRANKLIN NARRABUNDAH ✿ ■ BRADDON AINSLIE ■ ® KINGSTON • ® • • ■ CAMPBELL DUFFY STREET RUSSELL HARRISON ® WATSON • ® • HACKETT SYMONSTON ® 70+ PAX 40 - 70 PAX 15 - 40 PAX THAN 15 PAXLESS KEY: FYSHWICK • PARKES • JERRABOMBERRA • OAKS ESTATE ■ ■ QUEANBEYAN • PIALLIGO

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34 35 COLLABORATORS 16. JANET THOMSON Is a registered architect and founder of Stack 1. YOLANDE NORRIS Space, a design and make studio specialising in Is a writer and independent producer working re-fitting shipping containers. between Canberra and the regional town of 17. KAREN ABEL Braidwood. Has worked as a carpenter in both Canberra 2. CHELS MARSHALL and Sydney for over 20 years, and now teaches Is a leading Indigenous ecologist and carpentry at the Canberra Institute of Technology. Gumbaynggirr woman from northern NSW. 18. PIP SELDON 3. GENEVIEVE MURRAY Is the Operations Manager of Fitout & Minor Works Works as a practicing, though un-registered, at Manteena Commercial. She’s also a health, architect and is the director of design agency nutrition and mindfulness coach, yoga instructor, Future Method Studio. zuu trainer and founder of the Healthy Tradie Project. 4. JASON TWILL 19. RICHILDE FLAVELL Works in sustainable property development, and Is the artist and maker behind Girl Nomad has been at the forefront of built environment Ceramics, making unique hand-thrown functional transformation for two decades. ceramics. 5. TYRONNE BELL 20. KACY GRAINGER AND ELLA KILGOUR Is a Ngunawal descendant, born in Yass, and Are artists, curators and framers working together strong advocate for the recognition of Indigenous to open a new gallery in Canberra in 2019. culture and language. 6. ADAM SHIPP Is a Wiradjuri man living in Canberra, Ngunawal country, and a bush tucker and medicine expert. 7. MARK BUTZ Is a consultant, facilitator, writer and volunteer who researches the history of Canberra’s Jerrabomberra Wetlands and surrounds. 8. SUE SALTHOUSE Has worked in social justice since 1996, playing an active role in advocacy for women with disabilities. 9. ANNALISA DIETRICH 1 Has a background in architecture and urban planning and is passionate about creating places that promote vibrant, inclusive and sustainable communities. 10. LAURENCE KAIN Is a founder of Capital Brewing Co. - an independent employee-owned brewery. 11. KENT NAHN Explores innovative and modern approaches to traditional South East Asian cuisine. He is a co- owner of both XO in Griffith and the newly-opened Morning Glory in NewActon. 12. CLYDE MORTON Established Big River Distilling Co. in 2017, building on prior experience as a scientist and winemaker. 13. SAM BURNS Is an owner of Barrio Coffee Collective, a cafe based in Braddon with a roastery at Dairy Road. 14. LI PENG MONROE AND PETER CHANNELLS Are founders of Jasper + Myrtle, who create delicious and distinctive chocolate bars, lovingly handmade in Canberra. 15. INGRID PENC Is a Gold and Silversmith Educator and Director at KIN Gallery.

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42 D LEARNINGS COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY ACCESSIBLE Community is foundational. - Ladies Universal design is essential. - Who’s Who Make Missing? RESPECTFUL OF THE Ideas and actions: ENVIRONMENT Dairy Road’s proximity to the Our status quo is not neutral, people Improving wayfinding - to aid the • Jerrabomberra Wetlands means are shut out. Good neighbourhoods journey to, and movement within, Remember, the earth does not belong that environmental considerations must be inclusive. -Who’s Missing? Dairy Road - is a top priority for to us, we belong to the earth. should always be front of mind. tenants. - Tenants Roundtable - Regenerative Urbanism Anything that happens on this We need more diverse communities site has the potential to impact in the Inner South. - Local Community Cover the basics: parking, pathways, Environmental responsibility and its wetland neighbours - either Roundtable toilets, lighting, clear views. … But it’s sustainability is paramount. -Local positively or negatively. more than the basics - people with a Community Roundtable In order to protect our local Ideas and actions: disability need a reason to come here. • environment, Molonglo need Inclusive and diverse - Who’s Missing? Renewable energy sources and a to keep talking to the people • neighbourhoods don’t happen sustainable approach must inform that have been entrusted to by accident. Molonglo need to Ideas and actions: design at Dairy Road. - Environment look after it: the Woodlands and seek out and listen to the needs Dairy Road is a confusing site. Roundtable Wetlands Management Trust, and wants of a broad range • Auditing and improving signage ACT Parks, and ACT Planning of people. Having an ongoing and wayfinding, both for now and and Land Authority. Ongoing and sustainable approach to as the neighbourhood develops, is communication and collaboration community consultation will important for making Dairy Road with community environmental support this as Dairy Road easier to get to and around in. groups will also be important. develops. Accessibility should not be seen Light and noise pollution for Dairy Public spaces where people • as an ugly add-on. Instead, it • Road can impact on the wildlife • come together - such as parks, should be approached creatively next door. Molonglo need to plazas, and cafes - are important and considered at the start of review how to reduce this impact. sites that cultivate a local the design process. To do this Plants and animals don’t follow community. However, remember better, Molonglo are working on • human property boundaries. As that a space might appeal to one self-education (learning about such, Molonglo need to research group but may not serve others, different barriers-to-access and develop policies that inform so variety and flexibility of place and how these might be broken the flora and fauna that can be is important. through best practice urban brought to Dairy Road. Events - whether for tenants and design). Molonglo will continue to When you are so close to • neighbours, or for the general work closely with key collaborators • a Wetland, issues of water public - activate sites and bring who are experts in this area. management, treatment people together. An ongoing Developers need to aim higher and drainage become more commitment to programming at • than enforced access standards. important than ever. Molonglo Dairy Road will create contexts If people with disabilities are will need to keep working in close for connection. to be truly welcomed into the consultation with experts to Dairy Road neighbourhood, ensure this is done mindfully and Molonglo need to ensure the site effectively at Dairy Road. is a desirable space for them to spend time in, from good food and drink, to recreation and work. 44 45 AFFORDABLE SAFE INDIGENOUS CONNECTED

Canberra needs more affordable “Feeling Safe” was the most valued In Australia, we need to address Dairy Road should not operate in housing. - 90% of Dairy Road Survey neighbourhood experience. the structural racism built into isolation - fostering connection to respondents - 78% of Dairy Road Survey our planning system. We need the rest of Canberra is paramount. respondents to transform land ownership to - Industry Roundtable Durable and long term affordable custodianship, and shift from housing must be a part of a Design spaces that make people property speculation to collaborative Transport connections and integration residential model for Dairy Road. feel safe. - Access and Inclusion urbanism. - Regenerative Urbanism into the rest of Canberra is a priority. - Local Community Roundtable Roundtable - Local Community Roundtable It’s time to better recognise and Everyone wants stable and secure Security across Dairy Road is celebrate the long history of Dairy Road travel links and parking housing … A diverse community is important, particularly after hours. Indigenous people living here. need to be improved. - Tenants supported through providing a mixed - Tenants Roundtable Education and cultural recognition is Roundtable residential offering - combining essential. - Regenerative Urbanism owned, rental and - ideally - social or Ideas and actions: Ideas and actions: otherwise subsidised housing. Feeling safe in space is Ideas and actions: Not too long ago, Dairy Road - Access and Inclusion Roundtable • the foundation that good As developers working in • was a dead-end street with low neighbourhoods must be built on. • Australia, Molonglo have visitation. Connections to the rest Ideas and actions: This can be as practical as having a responsibility to better of Canberra will need to improve Affordable neighbourhoods enough lighting or people around acknowledge and address as more people want to spend • need to provide places where as you walk to your car at night or as the structural racism built into time in this new neighbourhood. people can spend time without open ended as feeling respected, planning and property. Short term outcomes include spending money, such as parks and trusting that your neighbours Molonglo needs to self- • ensuring there is adequate and libraries. Beyond this, when will not do you any harm. • educate by developing cultural parking. Longer term, this means deciding what kind of businesses Molonglo will need to talk to competency skills and greater working with external partners will be based at Dairy Road, it • Dairy Road tenants and visitors understanding of the Indigenous to improve roads, upgrade cycle is also important to think about about security, as part of a safety history of the area around Dairy paths and bring public transport the different financial entry review of the site. Road (Biyaliegee). to Dairy Road. points to access. For example, Working closely with Ngunnawal how much does it cost to eat • partners is essential, as well lunch? Ensuring a good mix and as collaborating on long-term balance is important for making projects that better recognise a neighbourhood open to a wide and celebrate the long and range of people. ongoing story of this place. Small footprint apartments, which • may have a comparatively low initial sale price, are not a durable affordable housing offering. Further research on better and longer-term affordable housing models for Dairy Road needs to be explored. This will include working with expert collaborators, including Canberra’s community sector. 46 47 INDUSTRIAL EDUCATIONAL DIVERSE TENANT TYPOLOGIES THROUGH THE ONLINE SURVEY PARTICIPANTS RANKED THE Ensure light industry remains a part of Bring knowledge and learning to Dairy Invest in shared infrastructure to QUALITIES AND EXPERIENCES THEY Dairy Road’s character - that is what Road. - Local Community Roundtable support independent businesses. THOUGHT WERE MOST IMPORTANT makes it interesting and unique. - Industry Roundtable FOR A GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD - Industry Roundtable We need more open and long term relationships between artists and Explore new and flexible tenancy QUALITIES Most people would like to live near developers. - Art + Gentrification + typologies to support innovation. 1. Having an abundance of nature well-integrated light industry in Development - Industry Roundtable and integrating it into the built Canberra. - 96% of Dairy Road Survey form. respondents Commercial rental rates are Stable, secure and transparent 2. Social and environmental inaccessible for many creatives. tenancy agreements builds a sustainability. Design and build with adaptability and Sustainable subsidies need to be built foundation of trust. -Arts Roundtable 3. Being well connected to the rest responsive placemaking in mind. into the model. - Arts Roundtable of the city. - Local Community Roundtable Ideas and actions: 4. Lots of networks of streets, Ideas and actions: Molonglo should explore and cycleways and walking paths. Ideas and actions: When planning and designing • experiment with tenancy typologies 5. Strong sense of community. The architectural legacy • spaces for arts and learning at and find alternative ways to support 6. Diverse types and quality of places. • of industry - slowly being Dairy Road, decisions should be local enterprise. This will require 7. Repurposing existing features reimagined for new uses at Dairy based on an understanding of working with tenants and industry and buildings. Road - is unique in Canberra, and what is already in Canberra, and groups to more deeply understand 8. An active environment, visited is something that people value. what else is needed. their needs. and lived in by lots of people. Keeping the industrial character Bringing artists and cultural 9. An affordable neighbourhood. • of Dairy Road means supporting • organisations to Dairy Road making on site. will require the development of EXPERIENCES Light industry can be noisy and sustainable systems of financial 1. Feeling safe. • messy; any neighborhood that subsidy. 2. Cycling and walking paths. builds up at Dairy Road should Collaboration - with arts 3. Lots of community events, allow for this. • organisations, education markets and festivals. institutions and industry groups - 4. Being in a place that feels local. will help us connect with diverse 5. Having a range of things to do communities, together creating and places to go. contexts for new knowledge and 6. A diverse community. learning. 7. Knowing my neighbours. We should celebrate the rich 8. A bustling neighbourhood. • history of Dairy Road, helping 9. Being part of a club. to make the stories of this site public. Molonglo can act as leaders in • the development sector, working towards demonstrating best practice collaboration with the arts and cultural sector.

48 49 WHAT TYPES OF PLACES DO CANBERRANS WANT IN THEIR NEIGHBOURHOOD?

ARTS, KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING: COME TOGETHER: Gallery (68%) Public Square (79%) Library (54%) Museum (50%)

ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION: HEALTH AND WELLBEING: Parkland (75%) Pharmacy (70%) Cinema (70%) Medical Clinic (Eastern BBQ and Picnic Areas (66%) or Western) (65%) Swimming Pool (53%) Yoga or Pilates Studio (58%)

50 SOURCE: MAKE GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD SURVEY 51 FOOD: Cafe (93%) E APPENDIX Produce Market (82%) Restaurant (78%) Bakery (74%) 1 13 Deli (67%) Bar (62%) Brewery (52%)

RETAIL: Grocery (91%) Bookshop (61%) Wineshop (64%) Post Office (64%) Newsagent (61%)

SOCIAL SERVICES: Community Centre (58%)

SOURCE: MAKE GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD SURVEY 52 1 2 REGENERATIVE URBANISM PUBLIC EVENT WE NEED TO STRIVE FURTHER THAN “SUSTAINABILITY” reconciliation - can only be achieved WETLAND WALKING PUBLIC EVENT AND “LOW-IMPACT” TOWARDS REGENERATIVE AND through deep education and mutual WHAT RESTORATIVE GOALS. learning. It has been one sided for WHAT Regenerative Urbanism “Regenerative Urbanism” describes too long. Non-Indigenous Australians Wetland Walking a different way of thinking about need to better educate themselves. TYPE the ecological, cultural and social TYPE Panel lives of our cities. We have things IT’S TIME TO BETTER RECOGNISE AND CELEBRATE THE Walk and talk to learn from Indigenous approaches LONG HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LIVING HERE. WHEN to environmental technology and There are more than 3000 sites of WHEN Saturday August 11  10AM - 11:30AM innovation. To harness this, we must Indigenous cultural significance in Sunday August 19  10:30AM - 12PM re-position Indigenous knowledge the place we now call Canberra. We WITH systems to be at the centre of urban have to challenge hierarchies around WITH Genevieve Murray, Chels Marshall, design methodologies. which sites we recognise and celebrate Tyronne Bell, Adam Shipp Jason Twill and which ones we don’t. How might REMEMBER, THE EARTH DOES NOT BELONG TO US, WE better recognising Indigenous sites ABOUT ABOUT BELONG TO THE EARTH. of cultural significance change and The Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Genevieve Murray, director of design Indigenous kinship systems tell us influence the way we build our cities? Reserve is one of the most valuable agency Future Method Studio, joined that everything is connected. We wetland habitat areas in the ACT, Chels Marshall and Jason Twill for a are intricately intertwined in our COLLABORATIVE AND COMMUNAL APPROACHES TO and of national and international public conversation about regenerative environment, and need to (re)learn to URBAN DESIGN REQUIRES PROPER RESOURCING. importance. Participants went for a urbanism. Marshall and Twill each live and move gently. To do this, we Longer timelines allow for more walk around the wetlands with Tyronne place Indigenous knowledge systems need to flip models that see land as inclusive and genuine consultation. Bell and Adam Shipp and learnt a bit at the core of their work in urban a commodity for economic gain. This We also need the financial investment about bush tucker, how the landscape design. By doing this, they believe we highly proprietary view perpetuates to make these processes possible. has changed over time, and some can create not only more sustainable individualism and mass social stories about the site ways of living, but communities that inequality. have the potential to acknowledge, AUDIENCE celebrate and even regenerate IN AUSTRALIA, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE 30 Aboriginal culture. STRUCTURAL RACISM BUILT INTO OUR PLANNING SYSTEM. WE NEED TO TRANSFORM LAND OWNERSHIP GENDER AUDIENCE TO CUSTODIANSHIP, AND SHIFT FROM PROPERTY 21 women, 9 men 39 SPECULATION TO COLLABORATIVE URBANISM. Barriers to access include un- AGE GENDER affordability, under-resourced Under 19 - 2 23 women, 16 men initiatives, and processes that don’t 19 - 29 - 1 allow for complex realities. The way 30 - 39 - 7 AGE we currently create the built realm 40 - 49 - 9 Under 19 - 0 - with a strong focus on profit and 50 - 59 - 6 19 - 29 - 12 ownership - is part of this problem. 60 - 69 - 5 30 - 39 - 16 New approaches such as regenerative 70 + - 0 40 - 49 - 6 urbanism allow urban design to become 50 - 59 - 4 a part of the solution. How can we LOCATION 60 - 69 - 1 add in cultural and sustainable All participants lived in Canberra 70 + - 0 protections or commitments to social or Queanbeyan. Of these, 7 people inclusion into the DNA of a site? regularly spent time in the Inner LOCATION South Canberra area. 36 out of 39 audience members lived in EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RECOGNITION IS Canberra. Of these, 8 people regularly ESSENTIAL. spent time in Inner South Canberra A lot of non-Aboriginal Australians and Fyshwick. still don’t know enough about Aboriginal history and culture, and their sophisticated ways of living lightly on the land prior to colonisation. Cultural reciprocity - moving beyond the bounded idea of 54 55 A collection of learnings from the walk are summarised below. Note this is not a transcript and consumption of bush foods should be done with expert guidance.

Lightwood wattle has edible seeds with antiseptic qualities. When rubbed with water this plant foams to make soap.

Blackwood wattle is safe for eating. The seeds can be ground up to make a flour rich in omega 3 and 6. The bark develops anti-inflammatory qualities when activated by fire, making it helpful for treating rheumatism and arthritis.

The hard cones of the casuarina tree can be chewed as gum, inducing saliva for water. Its branches can be used to make clapsticks. Its roots are a source of bush medicine for women’s health.

Flowering wattle indicates the changing seasons, from deep winter into early spring. Wattle blooming is a sign that it's a good time to catch cod.

Lomandra or “bush rice” is an important source of food. Its flowers are sweet. Its seeds are rich in protein and can be ground into flour or roasted and drunk like coffee. Lomandra roots can be dug up and put on ant stings. 56 57 3 ART + GENTRIFICATION + DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC EVENT BEWARE OF ARTWASHING. Developers know arts and culture make WHAT places more desirable to live. They Art + Gentrification + Development are increasingly using this knowledge to market and sell property. These TYPE surface level engagements don’t Group conversation generally result in long-term artistic communities. WHEN Saturday August 25  10AM - 11:30AM TOP DOWN, PLANNED PLACEMAKING - PARTICULARLY OF CULTURAL PRECINCTS - RISKS MONOCULTURE. WITH When there is one group in charge - Yolande Norris be that the developer or government - their ideas of what “quality ABOUT arts and culture” looks like holds Writer and producer Yolande Norris significant power. How do we open up led a conversational workshop on and question our ideas of quality the complex relationship between and value? How do we make spaces for art (and artists) and development experimental, hybrid and diverse art (and developers). Why do culture and making? Or grassroots and community- business need each other? Is it a fair led programming? relationship? And what are sustainable models for navigating a relationship YOU CAN’T SUPPORT ARTISTS WITHOUT ALSO Common reeds have an edible root system all year round. They can also be used that’s so loaded with power? CONSIDERING AFFORDABILITY. to make temporary rafts or snorkels for hunting in water. A genuine cultural hub can only AUDIENCE happen - at least in a finegrain 33 and localised way - in places that artists can afford to live, work and GENDER spend time in. The financial reality 19 women, 13 men, 1 prefer not to say for artists should be considered when setting rates for studio spaces and AGE gallery hire. Nearby affordable and Under 19 - 0 public housing will also be essential 19 - 29 - 5 to keep artists in the community. 30 - 39 - 6 40 - 49 - 6 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FINANCIAL DISPARITY CREATES 50 - 59 - 9 POWER DISPARITY. 60 - 69 - 7 At an individual level, artists - 70 + - 0 especially emerging and early career artists - are at risk of exploitation. LOCATION When developers work with artists 28 participants lived in Canberra they need to ask: Is the artist being This kangaroo grass can be used to make a gluten free flour. or Queanbeyan. Of these, 8 people paid properly? Who is profiting, regularly spent time in the Inner and from what? Is that breakdown South Canberra area. fair? Best practice guidelines for artists working with developers, such as those created by the National Association for the Visual Arts, will help with this as well as employing professional arts producers to act as intermediaries.

MORE LONG-TERM AND OPEN RELATIONSHIPS. There are two main models of development - build to sell, and 58 59 THE HISTORY OF DAIRY ROAD 4 AS TOLD BY MARK BUTZ build to keep as an investment. THE DAIRY ROAD CHRONICLES PUBLIC EVENT When you build to keep, you are incentivised to invest in the ongoing WHAT At the core of the Dairy Road area is a floodplain, formed over many soft infrastructure (including arts The Dairy Road Chronicles thousands of years by the Molonglo River and Jerrabomberra Creek. and culture) that supports strong communities. When developers retain TYPE When the First People arrived, more than 20,000 years ago, this area ownership of and responsibility for Talk was cold and inhospitable - still affected by an Ice Age. At the base of these spaces longer term, they can the valley there was probably an ancient lake that left behind a broad river better invest in their potential to WHEN be a social glue. Developers also Sunday August 26  3PM - 4PM floodplain. This was part of a mosaic of important places linked by traditional need to get better at transparency of pathways. These First People were ancestors of today’s Ngunnawal people, models and timeframes with artists WITH who still care actively for the Biyaligee landscape. and communities. How long will pop-up Mark Butz spaces or subsidised rent for artists The extensive grassland areas and lightly timbered hills around the be around for? What’s the vision when ABOUT Molonglo also made this landscape attractive to the first Europeans, who they end? There is more to Dairy Road’s past arrived in the 1820s. Within a few years sheep grazed on the plains, founding than dairy farming. Historian Mark MOLONGLO SHOULD CONSIDER ITS ROLE AS A Butz told the wild (and yet wildly the “Pialligo” property (later “Duntroon”), which the Campbell family built LEADER WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY, AND unknown) story of Dairy Road’s many into a very prosperous rural enterprise. It included the Dairy Road area, STEP UP TO THAT RESPONSIBILITY. chapters. From lush wetlands, WWI with a timber windmill (from 1840s to 1870s) lending its identity to Mill Hill, Molonglo recognises the important training grounds and troubled teens, work artists do. Cultural expression to its ongoing life as Ngunawal land. Mill Flat and Mill (now Jerrabomberra) Creek. - exploring who we are and what The Campbell holdings proved very attractive when searching for a we value - is essential for AUDIENCE site for the new Federal capital city in the early 1900s. The flat was ideal establishing community. Molonglo has 28 a responsibility to be advocates for forming “ornamental waters”, and the grasslands and lightly timbered for the arts within the development GENDER hills offered no great impediment to construction. Griffin’s winning design sector. How can Molonglo have more 14 women, 13 men, 1 prefer not to say included a huge East Lake, which would have permanently flooded the conversations with the development industry to encourage longer term AGE Dairy Road area. investment in communities? How can Under 19 - 0 The new capital was named “Canberra” in 1913. Yet, before construction Molonglo better articulate the value 19 - 29 - 4 could begin in earnest, within a year the nation was at war. The Royal Military of art and culture as part of this? 30 - 39 - 3 40 - 49 - 4 College became a focus for national officer training, including trench warfare 50 - 59 - 3 and bombing training (1916-17) in a trench system dug in the flat across 60 - 69 - 4 the Molonglo from the College. Nearby, a concentration camp for German 70 + - 10 nationals operated in the area of modern Fyshwick from 1918 to 1919. LOCATION Although the railway currently finishes in Kingston, there had always All participants lived in Canberra been plans to build a connection into the city. After the War, Griffin built or Queanbeyan. Of these, 10 people regularly spent time in the Inner a temporary construction railway on a causeway across the flat between South Canberra area. Kingston and Civic, as a forerunner to a permanent rail link. It opened in 1920, and in the same year the flat was surveyed into small portions for fodder production as a soldier settlement scheme. However, major floods in 1922 swept away both the work of soldier settlers and the Civic railway, and both schemes were abandoned following an even larger flood in 1925. This time, after the flood, the flat was turned into four dairy blocks, running from 1926. These became model dairies that operated through several decades, and later led to the name Dairy Flat.

60 61 In the next major phase to develop the city from the late 1950s, the flat was repeatedly flooded and became a rather neglected wasteland and dumping ground amid schemes to reclaim land from the floodplain. When Lake Burley Griffin was filled in 1964, its waters backed up into the Molonglo River and Jerrabomberra Creek. This activated ancient flood channels, forming the Jerrabomberra Wetlands, which became renowned for birdlife and other fauna and was gazetted as a nature reserve in 1990. In recent years, new neighbourhoods have been conceived to complement the natural features of the wetlands and Dairy Road area. This holds great promise for a new wave of local residents and business occupants, settling in a sympathetic and sustainable development.

Duntroon instructional trench system - Sydney Mail 10 May 1916 p.17

1980s aerial oblique of Dairy Flat (ArchivesACT:Surveyors Office No.0677)

62 63 5 WHO’S MISSING? PUBLIC EVENT OUR STATUS QUO IS NOT NEUTRAL, PEOPLE ARE SHUT • Toilets - Providing accessible can be helpful. Molonglo should make OUT. GOOD NEIGHBOURHOODS MUST BE INCLUSIVE. toilets - or accessible portaloos sure it communicates with communities WHAT Historically, people with disabilities for temporary events - are who will want to use those facilities Who’s Missing? have been “the hidden people” - kept essential. These spaces are big and services. This may include posting separate in institutions and in their because they need to be and should on platforms such as getaboutable.com TYPE families. Best practice urban design not be used as storage room. or getting in touch with community Group conversation should create spaces that are not • Lighting - Effective outdoor groups and representatives. just physically accessible, but that lighting makes spaces safer after WHEN also seek to bring together people of dark. Indoors, sufficient lighting Sunday September 8  10:30AM - 12PM mixed abilities and backgrounds. To is important for helping people do this, consultation with a range of with vision or hearing impairment WITH people with barriers to participation feel comfortable and able to Sue Salthouse is essential. communicate in the space. • Clear views - Open spaces with ABOUT UNIVERSAL DESIGN IS ESSENTIAL. clear views also make people safer. Drawing on experience working across Universal design means that women’s rights and accessibility aesthetic and functional choices PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY NEED A REASON TO COME advocacy, Sue Salthouse guided a ensure accessibility to the largest TO DAIRY ROAD. discussion about the importance of possible number of people. Too often Access to hospitality, recreation inclusive spaces and what true urban “accessible design” is seen as an and cultural offerings is paramount. diversity should really look like. ugly add on. It’s time to do better. Thought starters include an accessible Investing in access at the time of the playground, a wheelchair basketball AUDIENCE build - such as installing a hearing court or bocce fields. Molonglo should 22 loop - will make this process simpler also work with tenants to ensure their and cost effective. spaces are inclusive and accessible. GENDER 16 women, 6 men IT IS IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT NEIGHBOURHOODS SHARED FACILITIES CAN SUPPORT ACCESS. HOLISTICALLY. Something as simple as charging points AGE How easy is it to get to the grocery for motorized wheelchairs or scooters Under 19 - 0 or the doctors or your favourite may allow people to visit the Wetlands 19 - 29 - 10 cafe? Can all parts of daily life be and Dairy Road who would otherwise 30 - 39 - 5 accessed within a five minute walk be unable to do so. Having mobility 40 - 49 - 4 or roll? Accessible neighbourhoods scooters or clip-on motor smart-wheels 50 - 59 - 2 have the essentials nearby. A central for hire could also support access 60 - 69 - 1 hub, such as a community centre or and inclusion. 70 + - 0 town hall, also provides a point to go to when looking for information or EMBRACE SMART WAYFINDING. LOCATION guidance. When designing a new neighbourhood, All participants lived in Canberra there is opportunity to build in or Queanbeyan. Of these, 5 people COVER THE BASICS. smart wayfinding supports - such as regularly spent time in Inner South • Parking - The statutory RFID sensors on pathways to help Canberra or Fyshwick. requirements are never enough, people with vision impairment move particularly when considering the around public spaces. Traditional growing future demand created by wayfinding - clear, prominent and an ageing population. Investing in easy to understand signage - is also more will support visitation. essential. • Pathways - Walkable and rollable cities require wide and smooth ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION IS pathways, with plenty of wide ALSO ESSENTIAL. cutaways - where the kerb is sloped Digital information - either online down to the road. Consider the or in PDF - should be able to be read use and design of shared-zones - with a screen reader. Beyond this, some spaces are great for people having content in a few different in wheelchairs but difficult for formats, such as a downloadable people with vision impairment. document or an easy English guide, 64 65 6 7 TIPS PLEASE PUBLIC EVENT RECOGNISE THE POWER OF HOSPITALITY AS A SITE LADIES WHO MAKE PUBLIC EVENT COMMUNITY IS FOUNDATIONAL. FOR COMMUNITY. Everything is built on relationships. WHAT The American urban sociologist Ray WHAT Everyone needs a network of peers, Tips Please Oldenburg described cafes, bars Ladies Who Make mentors and friends to ask for advice, and restaurants as types of “third and share skills and stories with. TYPE place” (home the first and work the TYPE Fast talks second) where people - strangers Panel BREAK AND RESET THE TRADITIONAL “RULES” OF and friends - can come together for HOW BUSINESSES SHOULD OPERATE TO FIND NEW WHEN social interaction. Third places are WHEN WAYS OF WORKING. Monday September 10  6PM - 7:30PM essential to good neighbourhoods: They Thursday September 27  6PM - 7:30PM This can mean collectives, business are open and accessible. They are non- models that support work-life balance, WITH hierarchical. They harbour community. WITH or having an eclectic combination Annalisa Dietrich, Laurence Kain, Karen Abel, Richilde Flavell, Kacy of interests. It can also mean Kent Nahn, Clyde Morton, Sam Burns, COMFORT CREATES OWNERSHIP. Grainger and Ella Kilgour, Ingrid designing spaces that make people Li Peng Monroe and Peter Channells Comfort is created through many small Penc, Pip Seldon, Janet Thomson feel welcome and foster questions and choices and actions from the design of conversations. ABOUT a space to its soundscape. As people ABOUT When it comes to hospitality in become more comfortable they feel Ladies Who Make brought together BUSINESS OWNERS ARE FORCED TO TAKE RISKS AND Australia, Canberra punches above its more confident in a space, fostering women working in light industry - LEARN NEW SKILLS. weight. For this event, some of the a sense of shared ownership. ranging from art framers (who double Small business owners often have bright minds leading this charge, from as gallerists) to jewellers to to learn new skills on the go - coffee roasters to restaurateurs, YOU ARE ONLY AS STRONG AS YOUR TEAM. construction. from marketing, to accounting, to discussed how and why do they do Staffing is a major and ongoing issue negotiation and contracts. Molonglo it, what’s tough about running a for many hospitality businesses, AUDIENCE should support this and acknowledge business in Canberra, and the role of especially in Canberra. This is, 37 the confidence and self-belief of hospitality in shaping our cities. in part, due to the perception of tenants. hospitality as a temporary gig GENDER AUDIENCE rather than a vocation. Canberrans 32 women, 5 men BUILD IN AND PRIORITISE SELF CARE. 36 need to shift this by investing in Speakers discussed how they practice staff and helping them see a career AGE self care. This includes: GENDER pathway within the industry. Better Under 19 - 1 • Setting clear boundaries - about 16 women, 20 men recognition of the important social 19 - 29 - 10 work, about how you use your time - and emotional work done by service 30 - 39 - 13 and making them non-negotiable. AGE roles should also be acknowledged. 40 - 49 - 5 • Understanding and respecting your Under 19 - 0 50 - 59 - 3 own capacity. 19 - 29 - 6 BUSINESSES SHOULD INVEST BACK INTO THEIR 60 - 69 - 4 • Saying no and choosing work that 30 - 39 - 12 COMMUNITY. 70 + - 1 you care about. 40 - 49 - 7 Perhaps due to Canberra’s size, • Prioritising time with the people 50 - 59 - 2 the hospitality industry is highly LOCATION you care about. 60 - 69 - 2 connected. Members support, champion 35 out of 37 participants lived in • Asking for help when you need it. 70 + - 0 and inspire each other. Celebrating Canberra or Queanbeyan. Of these, 13 • Exercising. Unknown - 7 locality, by using other local people regularly spent time in the • Starting every morning with a walk. producers or even donating product or Inner South Canberra area. • Spending time cultivating hobbies LOCATION fund to local initiatives, strengthens that bring you pleasure and calm. All participants lived in Canberra the Canberra community and the • Building in unstructured and non- or Queanbeyan. Of these, 6 people hospitality sector. productive time. regularly spent time in Inner South Canberra or Fyshwick. DAIRY ROAD COULD BE HOME TO A WOMEN’S SHED. The site needs more spaces that profile and connect women working in trades. This space should be open access and run classes for people to learn new skills such as carpentry, welding and plumbing.

66 67 8 9 LOCAL COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND transport links - to the rest TENANTS ROUNDTABLE SUSTAINABILITY IS ESSENTIAL. of the Inner South and beyond. WHEN It is important for Molonglo to Addressing this will help improve WHEN Saturday August 18  3PM - 4:30PM take Dairy Road’s proximity to the the accessibility of Dairy Road, and Thursday August 23  2:30PM - 4PM Jerrabomberra Wetlands seriously, and better allow a range of people to WITH carefully manage the risks of people visit the space. This will support WITH Beatrice Bodart-Bailey - Old building, working, visiting and living goals around diversity and social Duncan Amos - Founder, Red Robot Narrabundah Community Council next door to such a valuable natural inclusion. Peter Channells - Founder, Jasper and Anne Forrest - Inner South Canberra site. This includes monitoring noise Myrtle Community Council and light pollution, and the impact BRING KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING TO DAIRY ROAD. Greg Hewstone - Founder, QOTE John Mitchell - Kingston and Barton of pets and planting at Dairy Road. This could range from working with David Williams - Manager – Operations Residents' Association & The Eastlaker The development itself should be as local universities or CIT, through to and Salvage Vehicles, Pickles Barbara Moore - Kingston and Barton environmentally self-sustainable as music lessons or casual horticultural Li Peng Monroe - Founder, Jasper and Myrtle Residents' Association possible, and extensive public green workshops. Students and apprentices Adelaide Mourd - Manager, Vertikal Peter Moore - Kingston and Barton spaces are a must. often don’t have a lot of disposable Indoor Snow Sports Residents' Association / Inner South income, so Molonglo need to ensure Clyde Morton - Founder, Big River Canberra Community Council WE NEED MORE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN THE INNER there are places that people can live Distilling Jane Roberts - Jerrabomberra Wetlands SOUTH. affordably nearby to where they are Catherine Munro - 1st Joint Public Advisory Panel This diversity should come both from studying. Having a mix of educational Affairs Unit, Defence Bronwyn Shirlee - Old Narrabundah how the site is used and who spends centres based at Dairy Road will help Robert Nyffenegger - 1st Joint Public Community Council time here. A mix of industrial, draw a variety of different people to Affairs Unit, Defence commercial, educational and residential the site and support learning in the Charlotte Ostor - Founder, Vertikal Dan Honey - Executive Director - uses at Dairy Road will help create local community. Indoor Snow Sports Creative Operations, Molonglo a vibrate community that appeals to Michelle Poppitt - Administration/ Gordon Lowe - Director of Planning, a range of people. In doing this, it PRIORITISE HUMAN SCALE AND FOCUS. Accounts, Red Robot Molonglo is vital that the neighbourhood is Buildings should be of a scale that Stephen Power - ACT Manager, Shred-X Pty Ltd Yasmin Masri - Curator (Place and accessible to people from a range of makes people feel comfortable, not Lachlan Simond - 1st Joint Public Programs), Molonglo socio-economic backgrounds. overshadowed or intimidated. It Affairs Unit, Defence is important that the streets and Raglan White - Manager, Capital Brewing Co. ABOUT DURABLE AND LONG-TERM AFFORDABLE HOUSING laneways are places where people, not A roundtable with representatives from MUST BE A PART OF A RESIDENTIAL MODEL FOR cars, take priority. The landscaping, Adam Bush - Facility Manager, Knight local community groups representing DAIRY ROAD. microclimate and paving should make Frank Australia people who live around Dairy Road. Socio-economic diversity should be walking the most attractive means of Kiah Lingwood - Commercial Property facilitated through the inclusion moving around the area. Manager, Knight Frank Australia of affordable housing, ideally some Maxine O'Mara - Senior Property public, in the residential make-up DESIGN AND BUILD WITH ADAPTABILITY AND Manager, Knight Frank Australia of this community. The design of this RESPONSIVE PLACEMAKING IN MIND. Emma Somerfield - Transaction Manager, neighbourhood should consider the Capitalise on the existing buildings JLL and representative for Defence range of people that might need this on site; reuse, restore and repurpose kind of housing - from students and spaces. This can support the Andrew Cox - Development Manager, Molonglo young people through to older people. sustainability of the development and Gordon Lowe - Director of Planning, Molonglo should explore new models for add a reclaimed, industrial texture Molonglo delivering affordable housing beyond that is not otherwise present in Yasmin Masri - Curator (Place and building small footprint apartments Canberra. Also consider the likely Programs), Molonglo to deliver “low” initial price changes to the environment in the Chris Olley - Facilities Manager, Molonglo points. This option doesn’t deliver future. Marissa Shirbin - Head of affordability long term, as can be Communications, Molonglo seen in the gentrification of various parts of the Inner South. ABOUT A roundtable with the current tenants TRANSPORT CONNECTIONS AND INTEGRATION INTO at Dairy Road. THE REST OF CANBERRA IS A PRIORITY. Currently, Dairy Road has limited sustainable transport connections - such as cycle pathways or public 68 69 10 IMPROVING WAYFINDING - TO AID THE JOURNEY TO, neighbourhood. As tenants learn more ARTS ROUNDTABLE COMMERCIAL RENTAL RATES ARE INACCESSIBLE FOR AND MOVEMENT WITHIN, DAIRY ROAD - IS A TOP about each other’s businesses, there MANY CREATIVES - SUSTAINABLE SUBSIDIES NEED TO PRIORITY FOR TENANTS. is also the opportunity to cross WHEN BE BUILT INTO LEASING MODELS. Dairy Road is a complex site in an promote and collaborate. Molonglo can Wednesday September 12  10AM - 11:30AM There is a basic reality about out-of-the-way part of Fyshwick. help foster this cross-pollination how much professional artists and At the moment, there is not enough and break down building silos. WITH makers in Canberra can afford to signage to help people find it and Rachael Coghlan - CEO / Artistic pay for studio spaces, galleries or get around once they are there. THE AMBITIONS FOR DAIRY ROAD’S TRANSFORMATION Director, Craft ACT: Craft and Design performance venues. Molonglo should Google Mapping is also a challenge SHOULD BE HIGH BUT IT’S IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE Centre undertake a formal market study to without proper street names and enough SOME OF ITS INDUSTRIAL QUALITIES. Libby Gordon - Manager, Arts better understand what’s feasible visitation data being fed to Google. Maintaining the industrial texture Infrastructure & Public Art, artsACT for this group. When developing new Suggested next steps from tenants of Dairy Road, and acknowledging the Jas Hugonnet - Director, M16 Artspace buildings, look at ways subsidy can include having a site map, making aesthetics of its Fyshwick location, Karena Keys - Gallery Manager, ANCA be built into the model, such as the most of the billboards opposite means more than just appearances. A Adelaide Reif - Program Manager, through a cultural levy or balancing the traffic lights at the top of culture of making (light industry) Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centre out rents across a site. Ensure this Dairy Road, clearly marking the two is central to the culture of Dairy Julie Skate - Director, Canberra leasing arrangement is stable, secure entrances to the site, and designing Road and so we need to ensure the Glassworks and transparent. more external signage for businesses. facilities required to support Down the track, having internally manufacturing stay on site. Later, Steph Donse - Chief Editor, NEW ARTS INFRASTRUCTURE AT DAIRY ROAD SHOULD named streets will also help with when residential is introduced, locals Researcher, Writer, Molonglo BE INFORMED BY WHAT IS CURRENTLY MISSING FROM access clarity. will need to understand that light Nikos Kalogeropoulos - Director, CANBERRA. industry can be noisy and messy. Molonglo A formal market study should be DAIRY ROAD TRAVEL LINKS AND PARKING NEED TO BE Tenants expressed their attraction to Gordon Lowe - Director of Planning, undertaken to avoid duplication. IMPROVED. Dairy Road has been its progressive Molonglo Some initial thoughts on potential Parking on site is already regularly approach to design and planning. The Yasmin Masri - Curator (Place and gaps include: mixed studio and filling up, particularly on the site should continue to benchmark Programs), Molonglo retail spaces, warehouses combining weekends. When regular car parks itself nationally and internationally. making and living spaces, and are occupied, people are parking in ABOUT hirable spaces to run public loading areas or other inconvenient A roundtable with arts organisations, workshops. Canberra also needs places. With new tenants and increased predominately based in Inner South more spaces where art, artists and visitation to the site, this is only Canberra. the public can come together and going to become a bigger issue. connect. This could be done through Molonglo needs to consider this in the mixing making and retail tenancies, development priorities for Dairy Road. or having public access workshops Immediate action includes the re- mixed in with professional studios. line-marking. Longer term suggestions include Molonglo lobbying for improved MOLONGLO HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE traffic infrastructure at the top of WITHIN, AND SEEK TO STRENGTHEN, THE LOCAL ARTS Dairy Road, and new public transport SECTOR. and active travel connections into This could mean collaborating with the rest of Canberra. local arts organisations, funding projects by independent creatives SECURITY ACROSS DAIRY ROAD IS IMPORTANT, or supporting affordable studio PARTICULARLY AFTER HOURS. rentals in Canberra. It could also With more people visiting Dairy Road include acting as an advocate within during evenings, security on site is the property sector, encouraging more important than ever. A rigorous other developers to ethically invest CCTV system will be an essential part in Canberra’s arts community. of ensuring Dairy Road tenants and Although national and international patrons stay safe and secure. collaborations are important to Molonglo, spending time getting to FOSTER A STRONG LOCAL COMMUNITY. know and investing in local Canberra The tenants at Dairy Road want to artists is essential. get to know each other better, and be part of a friendly and supportive 70 71 11 MOLONGLO COULD BE LEADERS IN SOFT ENVIRONMENT ROUNDTABLE ONGOING COLLABORATION WITH ENVIRONMENTAL Dairy Road cat- and dog-free is INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CANBERRA’S ARTS SCENE. GROUPS IS ESSENTIAL. highly recommended. Currently there is no central platform WHEN It is important for Molonglo to engage to promote and discuss the arts in Thursday September 13  10AM - 11:30AM in close and ongoing consultation with PLANTING CHOICES MUST BE INFORMED AND Canberra, and very limited critical external environmental experts and RIGOROUS. arts writing. Platforms that do exist WITH groups. Working together will help Much like animals, plants won’t are often government mediated and, as Jason Cummings - General Manager, inform best practice environmental necessarily stick to site boundaries. such, can be a little sterile. Woodlands & Wetlands Trust choices in the development and ongoing As such, all planting introduced Deb Kellock - Waterwatch management of Dairy Road. Molonglo at Dairy Road should be highly Kathryn Kelly - Friends of the should also see itself as part of the considered. Molonglo need to ensure Jerrabomberra Wetlands community that supports the Wetlands. nothing invasive is planted. They Mike Lawson - Lake Burley Griffin should also look at using native Guardians WORK TO REDUCE CURRENT LEVELS OF LIGHT AND plants were possible and making Jasmyn Lynch - Molonglo Catchment NOISE POLLUTION. landscaping decisions that could Group Animals and plants use the natural support local wildlife, such as Michael Maconachie - Senior Ranger, rhythms of light and dark to direct three levels of planting. Planting ACT Parks & Conservation Service their behaviour. Current lighting introduced plant species will also Simon Tozer - Ranger in Charge, ACT levels at Dairy Road are potentially attract introduced birds that can have Parks & Conservation Service confusing and disruptive for birds, a negative effect on existing native Gail Neumann - Friends of the bats and insects living in the wildlife. Jerrabomberra Wetlands Jerrabomberra Wetlands. This should Jane Roberts - Jerrabomberra Wetlands be addressed both with an interim DECISIONS AROUND WATER DRAINAGE WILL IMPACT Advisory Panel solution, and as part of the long- THE WETLANDS. term development design. Noise levels Keep in mind that changes in water Steph Donse - Chief Editor, - and their impact on birds - should quality and quantity at Dairy Road Researcher, Writer, Molonglo also be monitored. impact the Wetland, even if they Gordon Lowe - Director of Planning, may seem “minor.” The current Molonglo HOW PEOPLE MOVE BETWEEN DAIRY ROAD AND THE standards are not necessarily high Yasmin Masri - Curator (Place and WETLANDS NEEDS TO BE HIGHLY CONSIDERED. enough, so ongoing consultation Programs), Molonglo It is important that people understand with environmental experts will be when they are moving between the two essential. ABOUT spaces. As they enter the Wetlands A roundtable with representatives from Dairy Road, they should be MANAGE THE RISKS OF INCREASED POPULATIONS AT from environmental community groups reminded that they are entering a DAIRY ROAD. connected to the Jerrabomberra precious landscape and they may need The Wetlands will be impacted by Wetlands. to behave in a different way. This increased visitation to Dairy Road. doesn’t have to mean fences or hard One related risk is the potential of boundaries; high quality design can rubbish blowing over into the Wetlands be part of the solution. Determining and harming wildlife. Molonglo need the number and location of connection to consider what ongoing maintenance points from Dairy Road to the Wetlands investments will manage this. More should be a collaborative process with people will also likely result in the community. increased visitation to the Wetlands. While this may impact the fauna, it ANIMALS AND INSECTS DON’T UNDERSTAND also has the potential to grow the BOUNDARIES. THERE IS GOING TO BE MOVEMENT Wetlands’ community. BETWEEN DAIRY ROAD AND THE WETLANDS. Sometimes this will be lovely, with RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND A SUSTAINABLE beautiful birds coming across to Dairy DEVELOPMENT APPROACH MUST INFORM DESIGN. Road. However, sometimes there will Molonglo need to acknowledge the be more undesirable visitors from realities of global warming. Beyond the Wetlands, such as brown snakes single building designs, Molonglo need and mosquitoes. Tenants and residents to think about systems at a precinct- will need to understand this is part wide level. Molonglo should build on of living close to nature. Making its experience in sustainable urban 72 73 12 developments such as its solar power ACCESS AND INCLUSION ROUNDTABLE DEFINE AFFORDABILITY. as they age. Again, working with third stations, and greywater and blackwater Income levels in Australia can be parties - government and community recycling systems in NewActon. WHEN split into five quintiles. The first sector - could allow Molonglo to Tuesday September 25  10AM - 11:30AM quintile includes people living on support the provision of longer-term, income support. The second, people sustainable social housing. WITH working at minimum wage in casual Frances Crimmins - CEO, YWCA and unstable employment. The third, DESIGN SPACES THAT FACILITATE COMMUNITY. Cara Jacobs - Director, Community young people looking to get into the We need more places that people can Services, YWCA housing market for the first time. The spend time in without spending money. Clare Wall - Board Member, Community realities of what “affordable” means Different demographics will want Housing Canberra for each of these groups will differ. different kinds of spaces, for example Craig Wallace - Policy Officer, a skate park can be a haven to some, ACTCOSS UNDERSTAND THE GROUPS WHO MOST URGENTLY and a deterrent to others. Tenanting NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CANBERRA. in services - such as childcare, Gordon Lowe - Director of Planning, Some of the most significant medical services or multi-use spaces Molonglo demographics in need of affordable for hire - should also be considered. Yasmin Masri - Curator (Place and housing in the ACT include: people For accommodation, often custom built, Programs), Molonglo living on income support; low- shared housing can provide much needed Alex Sibenaler - Development Manager, income casual workers (particularly social connection and community. Molonglo young apprentices); older women; and women and children escaping domestic DESIGN SPACES THAT MAKE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE. ABOUT violence. People who have recently Design for people who have experienced A roundtable with key representatives moved to Canberra - such as migrants or trauma. Some considerations include: from Canberra’s community housing young people coming from regional NSW designing with open and clear lines sector. - are also at higher risk of housing of sight, providing sufficient crisis. Each of these groups have lighting, avoiding large planting near different needs and considerations. entrances that people can hide in. Molonglo should look at focusing on Smart technology - allowing people to one or a couple of these groups, and remotely see around their homes - can working with a partner in the community be part of this solution. sector to deliver an offering tailored to that demographic. SKILLED STAFF - BOTH FOR PROGRAMMING AND FRONT-OF-HOUSE ROLES - ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY IS SUPPORTED THROUGH SUCCESS OF BUILD-TO-RENT PROJECTS. PROVIDING A MIXED RESIDENTIAL OFFERING Front-line staff are core to creating COMBINING OWNED, RENTAL AND - IDEALLY - SOCIAL a sense of local community. If OR OTHERWISE SUBSIDISED HOUSING. also providing a supported housing The reality is, some people in the offering, staff will need to have first and second quintile will never be social work experience. able to afford to own their own home. A commitment to durable affordable CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION - BRINGING housing requires recognising this. Salt TOGETHER GOVERNMENT, COMMUNITY AND PRIVATE and pepper approaches - mixing social, SECTOR - OPENS UP OPPORTUNITIES. rental and owner-occupied housing - These collaborations work best helps to promote diversity and address when expectations, obligations and the stigma around affordable housing. timelines are clear, and everyone is working towards a shared vision. EVERYONE WANTS STABLE AND SECURE HOUSING. For people renting or living in AN ADDITIONAL READING LIST SHARED BY subsidised housing, this can mean PARTICIPANTS INCLUDES: longer tenancy agreements with Anglicare Australia - Rental transparency and notice around rental Affordability Snapshot 2018 increases. For older people living in ACTCOSS ACT - Housing Affordability affordable housing, it can also mean and Homelessness in the ACT living in spaces that will support them UN - Women’s Safety Audit 74 75 13 INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE EXPLORE NEW AND FLEXIBLE TENANCY TYPOLOGIES TO SUPPORT INNOVATION. WHEN Emerging independent businesses Tuesday September 25  4PM - 6PM in Canberra, particularly social enterprises, need flexible commercial WITH spaces to develop and grow in. This Adina Cirson - Executive Director, could include offering shorter leases, Property Council of Australia access to temporary storage and multi- Shooby Kandel - Founder, Mude use spaces, or rental subsidy to Fiona Doherty - Director, RLB support lower-risk expansion. Michael Hopkins - CEO, MBA George Katheklakis - Managing INVEST IN SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT Director, KDN Group INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES. Heather Kent - Property Investment Molonglo has already invested in Manager, ISPT sitewide broadband connections Patrick Morgan - Property Council of and WiFi. Other resources include Australia a shared van and bikes. Through Yvonne Noordhuis - Policy Advisor, checking in with the needs of current Canberra Business Chamber and potential tenants, Molonglo can Rebecca Scott - Property Council of identify other high-value shared Australia resources worthy of investment. Sharyn Smith - COO, Canberra Innovation Network CREATE A CONTEXT FOR CROSS-POLLINATION. Britt Nichols – Event and Sponsorship Dairy Road is already home to a Coordinator - CBRIN number of great Canberra businesses. Nichelle Jackson – Town Planner, Molonglo should seek to profile and Canberra Town Planning promote the work they are doing. Natalie Todaro - Operations, ISPT Strong connections between Dairy Road Adrian Woolgar - Associate Director, CBRE tenants and neighbours can lead to internal collaboration and cross- Nikos Kalogeropoulos - Director, promotion, supporting the local Molonglo economy. Molonglo can facilitate this Johnathan Efkarpidis - Director, through creating contexts for Dairy Molonglo Road tenants to come together and get Gordon Lowe - Director of Planning, to know each other. Molonglo Yasmin Masri - Curator (Place and DAIRY ROAD SHOULD NOT OPERATE IN ISOLATION - Programs), Molonglo FOSTERING CONNECTION TO THE REST OF CANBERRA IS PARAMOUNT. ABOUT Here, connection refers to both A roundtable with industry physical transport links to the representatives from both local surrounding area, and investment in businesses and Canberra’s building and people-focused industry networks construction sector. Please note, this across Canberra. event was delivered in partnership with the Property Council of Australia ENSURE LIGHT INDUSTRY REMAINS A PART OF DAIRY – ACT Division. ROAD’S CHARACTER - THAT IS WHAT MAKES IT INTERESTING AND UNIQUE. Dairy Road has the potential to offer an in-between space - somewhere between the “messiness” of Fyshwick and the “neat” planned control of the city. This is appealing to new businesses that don’t neatly fit into traditional planning categories. 76 DAIRY ROAD IS ON NGUNNAWAL COUNTRY IN AN AREA KNOWN AS BIYALIEGEE. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE NGUNNAWAL, NGAMBRI AND THE NGARIGU PEOPLE AS THE TRADITIONAL CUSTODIANS OF THE LAND AND PAY OUR RESPECTS TO THEIR ELDERS PAST, PRESENT AND EMERGING. DAIRY ROAD IS A MOLONGLO PROJECT.