Look Ahead: Ideas for a future Lismore
Exhibition
5 JUNE — 3 AUGUST 2024
Look Ahead: Ideas for a future Lismore presented future scenarios for Lismore’s CBD and adjacent flood-prone lands.
These ideas for a future Lismore were the result of a 6 month co-design process, directly informed by community ideas and worked on by a team of design experts. By showcasing the scenarios, which are a work in progress, we wanted to gather responses and local perspectives on some expert solutions.
Learn more about the Look Ahead co-design process and who was involved.
Together these five flood-resilient strategies represent a vision to transform Lismore into a thriving adaptable city prepared for future challenges. We identified five key areas that will need to transform: North and South Lismore, the CBD, the Browns Creek corridor and new proposed urban villages.
Missed the exhibition? We've created a summary of the exhibition so you can delve into ideas born from housing in the Northern Rivers.
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Community ambitions
From our community meetings some broad consensus began showing about local issues and aspirations for Lismore. Key themes emerged > here are the top eight:
Regenerate the river and reconnect the town – particularly the CBD – to it to make it easier to enjoy for recreation and as a meeting place.
Build diverse housing with increased density in safe areas that are close to the CBD (and other areas with social and economic activity). Seize the opportunity to develop a mix of affordable house types that meet the needs of our diverse community.
Improve community connectivity with broader networks of pedestrian and cycle paths and public transport.
Enhance food security by supporting existing local large and small-scale food production and creating opportunities to grow and share more of our food locally.
Use reconstruction activities to build a circular economy and become a hub for regenerative industries that serve the region and beyond.
Enhance the network of parklands and green spaces and embrace exciting uses of reclaimed land for recreation.
As we recover and grow, ensure Lismore is recognised as a world-leading adaptive and resilient region that other disaster-affect communities come to for expert advice.
Preserve our vibrant, vital and affordable CBD, but do the work to make the buildings flood-resilient and its uses and activities safe.
We shared the Look Ahead process and scenarios for a future Lismore in an exhibition. Visitors were able to prioritise the 5 scenarios and share ideas.
