Cultural Development Analysis - Penrith City Council - NSW ...

Cultural Development Analysis – Penrith CBD and St Marys Town Centre
CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .........................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................3
UNDERSTANDING ARTS, CULTURE AND CREATIVITY...................................................3
AN INTEGRATED APPROACH........................................................................................3
METHODOLOGY ..........................................................................................................4
KEY THEMES AND ISSUES ....................................................................................6
1. LEADERSHIP ...................................................................................................6
2. BALANCING CAPITAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT....................7
3. QUALITY CITY AND TOWN CENTRE ENVIRONMENTS......................12
4. WELLBEING AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT....................................15
5. HERITAGE......................................................................................................18
6. LOCAL CREATIVE INDUSTRIES ...............................................................19
7. DEVELOPING A LEARNING CITY.............................................................23
CULTURAL AUDIT .................................................................................................26
PENRITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA ......................................................................26
PENRITH CITY CENTRE .............................................................................................26
ST MARYS TOWN CENTRE ........................................................................................27
REGIONAL AND POLICY CONTEXT AND PARTNERSHIPS .......................28
WSROC REGIONAL CULTURAL STRATEGY..............................................................28
SUB REGIONAL COOPERATION...................................................................................29
NSW MINISTRY FOR THE ARTS WESTERN SYDNEY STRATEGY................................29
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY ..........................................................................30
APPENDIX 1: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF
EARLIER STUDIES .................................................................................................32
APPENDIX 2: CULTURAL AUDIT ......................................................................35
APPENDIX 3: EXTRACT FROM WSROC REGIONAL CULTURAL
STRATEGY................................................................................................................46
APPENDIX 4: REFERENCES................................................................................50
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