Do you have ideas, hopes and dreams for the future of Lismore? Bring a mate and join us at the Living Lab Northern Rivers shopfront to explore a future Lismore, have some pizza, play some games and share your ideas.

Some of the ideas we have been exploring include:

• Creating more safe and affordable housing above the flood zone,

• Better public transport and bike paths connecting different parts of the town,

• More places to hang out and be active,

• Strengthening Lismore’s creative community with more places and opportunities to create,

• Changing the way that local council works to make it easier for people to open up shops around the CBD (and help to make them flood resilient),

• Converting empty buyback land into spaces for wildlife, urban farms, parks and sporting fields.

 WHAT IS LOOK AHEAD?

For the last six months, we’ve been listening to people from across the Lismore community, and a team of expert designers, planners, engineers and architects, to come up with innovative scenarios for a future Lismore where everyone can feel safe and thrive. Learn more about the Look Ahead: Community design for Lismore co-design process, expert panel members and more.

WHAT WILL BE HAPPENING WITH THESE IDEAS?

These ideas are an ongoing work in progress. There is still a lot more work to be done, including working through the technical issues, talking with people and organisations who can help implement them, and working out more detailed plans. All of the feedback we receive on these ideas will be shared with the local council and state government to help them with their plans for the future of Lismore.  

WHO IS LIVING LAB NORTHERN RIVERS?

Living Lab Northern Rivers is a collaboration between Southern Cross University and University of Technology in Sydney, with grant funding from the NSW Reconstruction Authority.