Falling back in love with regional towns and cities

Location: Lost Captain, Huonville

Date: Thursday 13 November

Time: 5:30pm

FREE!

Australians are becoming more urbanised, and Tasmania’s regional towns and cities are at a crossroads. Aside from a bump over COVID, our trend of ‘graduating’ to bigger places is continuing. Do people still love regional villages, towns and cities? Join Huon Valley locals and built environment experts Steven Burgess and Connie Steers to explore what we are doing right and what we can do better as a community.

Who should attend?

• Regional residents and community champions

• Urban planners, designers, and placemakers

• Local government and policy makers

• Anyone passionate about the future of regional Tasmania

Speakers

Steven Burgess

Director – Complete Streets

Technical Director, Urban Strategies – GHD

Steven Burgess is a leading contributor to the planning, design and development of liveable villages, towns and cities. Steven brings 30 years’ experience as an engineer and urban strategist. He is a born and bred Tasmanian and has worked on many village, town and city transformation projects around the world. Steven is a TEDx speaker and a presenter who motivates audiences about the future of our centres, and what we need to do to make them more liveable, loveable and prosperous. 

Steven was the author of ‘Complete Streets - Guidelines to Urban Street Design’ published by IPWEAQ in 2010 and was a contributing author to two other international street making guides (NACTO Global Street Design Guide published by Bloomberg/Island Press and Auckland Street Design published by Auckland Transport).  Steven regularly delivers masterclasses on shaping better villages, towns and cities for both government and private sector and provides regular comments on city shaping to a variety of media outlets.

If your city, town or village is not everything you want it to be – it might be time to find out why…

Connie Steers

Principal Planning & Engagement Consultant – Era Advisory

Connie Steers is town planner and community engagement consultant delivering strategic and policy projects across Tasmania. Having worked with countless communities, many in regional and rural settings, she has a down-to-earth approach to engagement that ensures planning and development projects are communicated effectively and prioritise future community needs.

Since relocating to Tasmania, Connie has led community planning projects on the West Coast, statewide sustainable tourism infrastructure analysis, and led the development of Tasmania’s first Medium Density Design Guidelines. The highlight of each of these projects for Connie is embedding the passion and knowledge of local communities into sound planning outcomes and initiatives that will shape a positive future.