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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'>Dear Central to Eveleigh Stakeholders<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'>This is just to bring you up to date with some information about Central to Eveleigh in case you are not already aware about what is happening.<o:p></o:p></p><h1 style='margin-top:6.0pt'>UrbanGrowth Central to Eveleigh asks questions of Focus Groups<o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'>On June 25<sup>th</sup> representatives from some community groups around the site met with UrbanGrowth for a focus group around this document - <a href="http://www.urbangrowthnsw.com.au/downloads/file/ourprojects/DraftConceptandKeyIssuesSummary%28June2014%29.pdf" target="_blank" title="Draft Concept and Key Issues summary - June 2014">Draft Concept and Key Issues summary - June 2014</a>. Apart from this meeting UrbanGrowth has had a few focus groups on this document with some randomly selected people from suburbs around the Central to Eveleigh corridor (C2E) – you may have been one of them. As it stands there will not be an opportunity for the broader community to be involved in this part of the conversation directly with UrbanGrowth but if you have comments then the material is publically available so you can send UrbanGrowth your feedback on the questions they are seeking input on. Maybe set aside some time at your next group meeting to make people familiar with the Draft Concept document and see what people’s response to the questions UrbanGrowth has been asking in the focus groups. You can read an article about the community groups session I did for the South Sydney Herald in <a href="http://www.southsydneyherald.com.au/early-central-to-everleigh-timeframe/" title="Early Central to Eveleigh timeframe">Early Central to Eveleigh timeframe</a> and also see how the Hub reported some of the discussion at a subsequent REDWatch meeting on C2E <a href="http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.altmedia.net.au%2Fredwatch-criticises-central-to-eveleigh-corridor-development%2F95440&ei=pGjGU9nFA4L18QXww4HABA&usg=AFQjCNGafPhL9XME6ZPJHMKIuN8FR3CuSw&sig2=hEfzNKVHGmc9cgaIDcJ_hg&bvm=bv.71126742,d.dGc"><i>RedWatch</i> criticises Central to <i>Eveleigh</i> Corridor development</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'>The input from the focus groups will be used as input to urban design work UrbanGrowth will be doing over the next few months. We have posted an extract from the <a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/corridor/140526ugnsw">UrbanGrowth NSW EOI for Urban Design Services May 2014</a> so you can see what consultants UrbanGrowth are seeking. <o:p></o:p></p><h1 style='margin-top:6.0pt'>UrbanGrowth using Soup labs for input on Youth Housing<o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'>SOUP Labs is a 5-week innovation program developing ideas for an urban challenge in Sydney, in partnership with the Committee for Sydney and UrbanGrowth NSW. Initiated by Joanne Jakovich who while at UTS set up the U.Lab <a href="http://ulab.org.au">http://ulab.org.au</a>, BikeTank and <a href="http://crowdsharesydney.org">http://crowdsharesydney.org</a> programs at UTS. The process is set out for Soup Labs can be found in the diagram below. <b><i>It starts with a public workshop this Friday 18 July, 9am-3pm L3, Central Park Shops, 28 Broadway, Chippendale</i></b> and ends with the programmes “Innovation Fellows” working with UrbanGrowth looking especially at the Eveleigh/Redfern upcoming developments to bring more youth affordability ideas into these proposals. You can find out more at <a href="http://souplabs.org/">http://souplabs.org/</a> or register for Friday’s session at <a href="http://souplabs.org/mixer/" target="_blank">http://souplabs.org/mixer/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><img border=0 width=918 height=298 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CFA140.A53E34D0" alt="SOUP_Process_Fellowship"></span><o:p></o:p></p><h1 style='margin-top:6.0pt'>Background Material on Central to Eveleigh is Online<o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'>You can now find some documents about Central to Eveleigh at <a href="http://www.central2eveleigh.com.au">www.central2eveleigh.com.au</a> which will currently take you to the UrbanGrowth NSW’s Central to Eveleigh page. In addition to the <a href="http://www.urbangrowthnsw.com.au/downloads/file/ourprojects/DraftConceptandKeyIssuesSummary%28June2014%29.pdf" target="_blank" title="Draft Concept and Key Issues summary - June 2014">Draft Concept and Key Issues summary - June 2014</a> mentioned above, there you will also find a <a href="http://www.urbangrowthnsw.com.au/downloads/file/ProjectSalesPlans/140617_BaselineReport_WbViewVersion-v2.pdf" target="_blank" title="Baseline Analysis - June 2014">Baseline Analysis - June 2014</a> which was prepared last year but modified and publically released in June this year – this document provides UG with a context document – if you think they have missed anything important then please let them know. On the website there is also the <a href="http://www.urbangrowthnsw.com.au/downloads/file/ProjectSalesPlans/UrbanGrowth_CentraltoEveleigh_CommunityEngagementReportincludingappendices_140131-5.pdf" target="_blank" title="Initial Stakeholder and Community Engagement Report - Jan 2014">Initial Stakeholder and Community Engagement Report - Jan 2014</a> from last year’s preliminary consultation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'>On the REDWatch website you can find other material about C2E under the <a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/corridor">Central to Eveleigh Tab</a> including the link to a flythrough of the site showing how it might be developed that UrbanGrowth have not posted on their own site.<o:p></o:p></p><h1 style='margin-top:6.0pt'>REDWatch Concerns about the C2E Process<o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'>REDWatch has a number of concerns about the way UrbanGrowth is going about its recent consultations. The Draft Key Issues in the - <a href="http://www.urbangrowthnsw.com.au/downloads/file/ourprojects/DraftConceptandKeyIssuesSummary%28June2014%29.pdf" target="_blank" title="Draft Concept and Key Issues summary - June 2014">Draft Concept and Key Issues summary - June 2014</a> are edited down from the 9 common themes identified in last year’s preliminary consultations. You can see them together in <a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/corridor/140629redw">Central to Eveleigh - Common Themes and Issues</a> on the REDWatch website. On top of last years list from the preliminary consultation was <b><i>embedded participation</i></b> but this aspect was missing from the discussion with community groups in June. Urbangrowth were understandably looking for input on the questions they were asking in other focus groups, but community groups were also looking also for information about what was happening, how consultation would be undertaken as well as the opportunity to input. <b><i>REDWatch have provided UrbanGrowth with a note about our concerns and we have also written it up for public release – it is attached and will be on the REDWatch website</i></b>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'>At a minimum we would like to see a quarterly meeting with UrbanGrowth as happened under the RWA where community stakeholders were at least kept up to date about the project and what was happening. In an ideal world we would like UrbanGrowth to work with the community groups around the site to engage the broader community in a discussion about the corridor and their suggestions for its development – we think a community reference group would be a useful mechanism.<o:p></o:p></p><h1 style='margin-top:6.0pt'>Conclusion<o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'>UrbanGrowth is developing its ideas on the Central to Eveleigh Corridor and it is important for surrounding communities to be aware of what is emerging and to encourage community discussion. Hopefully this email will help the process. In the absence of a broader communications strategy from UG on C2E it is also important for people with an interest in this site to share information so everyone is aware of what is happening and has the opportunity to participate.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'>UrbanGrowth is on this email list so that they see what material is being sent around this list. In the absence of a general email address for contacting UrbanGrowth’s Central to Eveleigh project it is best to contact the Program Director Troy Daly at <a href="mailto:tdaly@urbangrowth.nsw.gov.au">tdaly@urbangrowth.nsw.gov.au</a> if you have any questions or feedback on the Central to Eveleigh materials.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><b><i>PS At the next REDWatch Meeting on August 7<sup>th</sup> at 6pm at the Factory Community Centre 67 Raglan Street Waterloo we will have Prof Peter Phibbs and </i></b><b><i><span lang=EN-US>Stewart Lawler run a two hour workshop on The Economics of Development</span></i></b><b><i><span lang=EN-US>. This is a short version of a two day course that Peter and Stewart do to help people understand the economic imperatives of development. We think this could be useful background for residents interested in understanding what drives developers and molds developments. Anyone from surrounding groups would be welcome to join us for this session.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Geoff</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Geoffrey Turnbull<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Spokesperson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>REDWatch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Ph Wk: (02) 8004 1490 Mob: 0418 457 392</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>email: <a href="mailto:mail@redwatch.org.au"><span style='color:blue'>mail@redwatch.org.au</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>web: <a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au" title="blocked::http://www.redwatch.org.au/"><span style='color:blue'>www.redwatch.org.au</span></a> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>