Katoomba Charrette – Chapter 3: ‘Charrette’ as a Project Methodology
Charrette Origins: 'Charrette' is derived from the French phrase for 'little cart', as in incremental additions to a 'cart' of...
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Katoomba Charrette – Chapter 4: Charrette Adaptation to Urban Design
Later, a United States architectural and planning firm, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. (DPZ), an architecture and planning firm based in...
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Katoomba Charrette – Chapter 5: ‘Design Charrette’ Adaptation to Katoomba’s Town Centre
The 'charrette' methodology facilitates incremental creative project management was more recently adopted by urban design consulting firm Ecologically Sustainable Design...
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Katoomba Charrette – Chapter 6: Katoomba Charrette Objectives
To clarify a vision for the Katoomba Town Centre, and to achieve community consensus for future planning directions in Katoomba;...
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Katoomba Charrette – Chapter 7: The Katoomba Charrette Outcomes Report 1999
In April 1999, the process ultimately culminated in a published summary document five months after the process had begun in...
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ISPT Katoomba Village: greedy landlord rent-hikes force retailers broke and to walk away
Coles 'Katoomba Village' is a corporate-owned shopping plaza development in Katoomba situated in Parke Street which opened in 2012. Before...
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Blue Mountains Retail Neglect, Bushfires Killing Tourism, Derailments and Rail Track Work killing tourism, Government Disconnect from Blue Mountains Tourism, Landslips Killing Tourism, Pandemic Lockdowns Killing Tourism, Small Business Struggles
Leura Garage loss is another dead canary in our dire tourism coal mine
Leura Village is a famous hub for visitors to the Blue Mountains to quality shop and dine and to enjoy...
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Bushfires Killing Tourism, Government Disconnect from Blue Mountains Tourism, Landslips Killing Tourism, Love Local Government Hypocrisy
Emirates Wolgan Valley Resort obviously didn’t do due diligence on Lithgow {city} Council risk
Since Wednesday 9th November 2022, Wolgan Road has been closed due to heavy rainfall along the road pass below the...
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Lithgow Council complicit in ignoring the late onset of its retail ghost towns
Our drive through of Lithgow's Main Street today reveals that Lithgow's local small business retail has become a ghost town....
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QUBE derailment despair disrupts Blue Mountains Christmas tourist season
Blue Mountains tourism has suffered yet another despairing setback following the pandemic et al. This time, our only rail service...
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