Renew Adelaide
I'm pretty sure Marcus Westbury thinks I'm a dick.
I was at a conference in Westbury's hometown of Newcastle a couple months ago, and there was a sort of miscommunication at a panel discussion thing, and now he thinks I'm a dick. Later on I knocked over a lamp and Westbury had to unplug it because I'd turned it into a "fire hazard". FML.
The reason I care about what Westbury thinks of me is because he's pretty much a DIY saint - blessed is He among emerging artists and blessed is the fruit of His loins, Renew Newcastle.
In a nutshell, Renew Newcastle is a scheme that allows landlords to sign kid-sized "micro-leases" without fear of losing money through capital gains tax and various other grown-up things that we needn't worry about here. Suffice to say, the scheme has allowed dozens of hair-brained teahouses shop fronts, galleries and rehearsal spaces to bloom all over what had long ago devolved into a fallow, postindustrial ghost town.
Renew Adelaide anyone? Local impresarios Brigid Noone and Ianto Ware are now working on applying Westbury's template to Adelaide's derelict spaces. Keep tabs on them, and keep your own eyes peeled for boarded-up shops.
By Stan Mahoney
Ambience: Education
Location: Urban
Keywords: Renew Adelaide, Urban Decay, Culture
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