ADVANTAGE ALBANY Regional Hotspot for Growth and Innovation

ADVANTAGE ALBANY Regional Hotspot for Growth and Innovation 2016 SEGRA Conference Naturally Stronger Regions, Realising their Potential Andrew Sharpe, Chief Executive Officer City of Albany WA

KINJARLING place of rain Axe, kodj, with handle made of Taxandria juniperina, swamp wattle, King George Sound, c. 1855 70. British Museum Oc 4769 L 28 cm. Trustees of the British Museum. Visit Yurlmun: Mokare Mia Boodja at the WA Museum in Albany between the 2 November and 3 April 2017

FREDERICK TOWN > 1826, Founded Christmas Day, Major Edmund Lockyer, aboard the Brig Amity > First European settlement in WA > Named in honour of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany Captain Phillip King s drawing of interaction with Aborigines (c. 1822), Entrance to Oyster Harbour

ALBANY > 1890 s Goldrush > Major trading Port Albany will never change much - it is a pretty town, but vague. It seems busy to exist only in a somewhere-on-the horizon sort of way; I like it all the better for that. Henry Lawson P & O Royal Mail Route (c.1890)

TOWN OF ALBANY SHIRE OF ALBANY > Post WW1 Agricultural Hub: Grain, Woollen Mills, Whaling > Perth's summer holiday retreat York Street, Albany (c. 1970)

CITY OF ALBANY > Population 38,000 > Gross Regional Product $1.95bn > 15,200 Jobs / 3,400 Businesses > Key Sectors: Health / Retail / Construction / Agriculture > Larger % of Seniors / Retirees

PEOPLE > 208 Staff (FTE] > 730 Bushfire Volunteers > 250 General Volunteers > Total Budget $102M

OUR COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES UNIQUE NATURAL RESOURCES Internationally recognised biodiversity > Rich Noongar heritage > Pristine natural resources > Clean, green & sustainable energy > Wind generated power 80% The age of the landscape appears to be part of the story Professor Stephen D Hopper

OUR COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION Some of Australia s highest quality value-added produce and sustainable production > Quality soils and consistent rainfall > Port & airport infrastructure > Opportunity for intensified agriculture > Proximity to SE Asian markets

OUR COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES INNOVATION, RESEARCH & EDUCATION A naturally recognised regional hub for excellence in education > Existing Tertiary Footprint (UWA) > Specialist study streams: Natural Resource Management / Rural Health / Eco-Tourism / Sustainable Agriculture > Student housing sites secured

OUR COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES URBAN RENEWAL & GROWTH A vibrant City Centre integrating heritage, culture, commercial enterprise and opportunity > Outstanding heritage assets > Precinct Development opportunities > Significant public realm investment > Events and activation

OUR COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES THE CULTURAL ECONOMY A centre of excellence for creative industry services and production > Large creative industries sector > High quality cultural assets > International Arts Experiences, PIAF > Integrating a cultural overlay in City

OUR COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES THE VISITOR ECONOMY Western Australia s premier regional visitor destination > Cultural tourism > Quality food and wine product > Major event host > Adventure tourism growth > Regional economic alliance > Growth in cruise ship visits

OUR COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES REGIONAL CITY LIVEABILITY Western Australia s most sought after and unique city to live, work and visit > Climate and topography > Affordable housing > Quality health, education and recreation services Our region (O Connor electorate) is the happiest in Australia. Australian Unity Wellbeing Index, 2015

6.00AM NOVEMBER 1, 1914 > 1914, departure of the first convoy > 38 Ships, 40,000 troops, 7,477 horses > The Anzac legend begins We are moving, till the rocky headlands begin to glide past us and we pass the waiting ships of our own fleet It is the most wonderful sight that an Australian ever saw. A.B. Banjo Patterson Victorian troops marching, with Transport Fleet in background

HAROLD MARTIN POW. 1942-1944 A 99-year old WWII POW survivor Harold spent two years enslaved at prison camps in the construction of the Burma Thai railway. 70 years later Harold journeyed back to Thailand to attend the ANZAC day service at Hellfire Pass in 2014.

> PROGRAM Infrastructure Commemorative Events Community Events > IMPACTS Economic Benefit: $35.3M 220 Jobs 27 Government Agencies 14 Corporate Partners 40,000+ Attendees 500+ Volunteers 100+ Community Groups Commemorative Event: 2014 Troop March York Street

CITY CENTRE REVITALISATION > Significant heritage assets, 1890 s > CBD shaped by deep water port > Changing use patterns Stirling Terrace, 1902 view from the Post Office (now UWA). In the middle sites the 1898 Jubilee Bandstand (Queens Park Rotunda), built to commemorate Queen Victoria s Diamond Jubilee.

CITY CENTRE REVITALISATION > Underutilised, disconnected > Lacking community ownership > Car focused > No Civic Heart Stirling Terrace (c. 2013)

CITY CENTRE REVITALISATION > Finding the heart > Expressing a sense of place > Diversified economy > Flexible, adaptable spaces > Embrace heritage Community Event: 2014 Stirling Terrace Mess Hall

CITY CENTRE REVITALISATION > Finding the heart > Expressing a sense of place > Diversified economy > Flexible, adaptable spaces > Embrace heritage What the City of Albany is doing is great, York Street looks great and it should have been done 20 years ago! It will benefit not just me, but all the businesses in York Street. Cosi s Café owner Giuseppe D Antonio

PARTNERSHIPS & PROGRAMS > Perth International Arts Festival > FORM Public > Urban Downhill > Albany Classic > Clipper Round the World Race > Exhibitions Albany s infamous Snakerun First Skate Park in the southern hemisphere - Constructed 1974

PARTNERSHIPS & PROGRAMS > Perth International Arts Festival > FORM Public > Urban Downhill > Albany Classic > Clipper Round the World Race > Exhibitions FORM: PUBLIC in the Great Southern 2016

PARTNERSHIPS & PROGRAMS > Perth International Arts Festival > FORM Public > Urban Downhill > Albany Classic > Clipper Round the World Race > Exhibitions Urban Downhill Jump Competition - Town Square 2015

PARTNERSHIPS & PROGRAMS > Perth International Arts Festival > FORM Public > Urban Downhill > Albany Classic > Clipper Round the World Race > Exhibitions Albany Classic 80 th anniversary Round the Houses 2015

PARTNERSHIPS & PROGRAMS > Perth International Arts Festival > FORM Public > Urban Downhill > Albany Classic > Clipper Round the World Race > Exhibitions Clipper Race Start King George Sound 2014 Tacking for the line

PARTNERSHIPS & PROGRAMS > Perth International Arts Festival > FORM Public > Urban Downhill > Albany Classic > Clipper Round the World Race > Exhibitions Albany Art Prize, National Prize for Painting - $25,000 Acquisitive Award Opening night 2016

PARTNERSHIPS & PROGRAMS > Perth International Arts Festival > FORM Public > Urban Downhill > Albany Classic > Clipper Round the World Race > Exhibitions Untitled, Karim Jabbari in Albany, for PUBLIC: Art in the Great Southern, 2016. Photograph by Bewley Shaylor and Chad Peacock. Courtesy of FORM

DEVELOPMENT PRECINCTS > Albany Waterfront > Middleton Beach > Centennial Park > Albany Heritage Park > Information Hub

RECOGNITION

OUR FOCUS ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY: LISTENING > A place to live: 93% > Satisfaction with organisation: 73% > Empower community decisions > Enhance community engagement Local Govt. Performance Rating: 2013 39% 2015 70%

OUR FOCUS PARTNERING FOR MAXIMIMUM IMPACT > Regional Economic Alliance > Tourism Development Strategy > Foster long-term regional growth AMAZING SOUTH COAST

OUR FOCUS DIRECTION > Values based leadership > Realising potential > Harness the energy of community Tim Winton