Neighbourhood improvement projects

Do you have an idea on how your neighbourhood or local village could be improved?

Neighbourhood and Village Improvement Projects build a sense of pride in, and ownership of, public spaces. Council encourages groups of residents and businesses to be actively involved in shaping what their area looks and feels like.

Working together

You can make a make a positive change in your community by sharing your ideas and working with others to turn unloved public spaces into treasured community places.

Our neighbourhoods and local villages are where we live, work and raise our families.

Community-led placemaking or Neighbourhood Improvement Projects harness the creativity and energy of residents to transform neglected areas through quick, short-term, and low-cost initiatives.

Solving neighbourhood problems

Collaboration, community engagement and participation help to address recurrent neighbourhood problems such as graffiti tagging or illegal dumping, or beautifying an unused space.

These initiatives have already shown great success. Some of our Shared Garden Groups include projects in East Palmerston Avenue, Niblick Street, Anglesea Street and Waverley Park.

There are many ways you can shape your local area and solutions include:

  • shared gardens
  • murals and community art projects
  • street libraries
  • urban games and craft projects
  • community celebrations, and
  • village projects