Projects

GOAL St Marys Town Centre is undergoing an exciting transformation over the next 20 years. In 2023, Penrith City Council commissioned JOC Consulting to prepare a Place Plan that ensures the Town Centre continues to transform into a vibrant and welcoming space. The...

GOAL Originally built to power the city’s tram and rail network, White Bay Power Station (WBPS) is now a heritage site and centerpiece of the future Bays West Precinct in Balmain. The site encapsulates significant historical and cultural values of the community....

GOAL Burwood Council commissioned JOC Consulting to prepare three strategic documents to help diversify and propel Burwood’s night-time economy and investment into the future. As an inner-city area experiencing large-scale urban renewal and benefiting from significant...

GOAL Hawkesbury City Council is preparing a new Cultural Plan that will enhance the service offerings for the community by promoting and supporting arts, heritage, and cultural activities within the region. In early 2024, JOC Consulting was commissioned by Hawkesbury...

GOAL Logan City Council (QLD) engaged JOC Consulting to prepare its inaugural Night Time Economy Strategy. As a growth area located between Brisbane and the Gold Coast, made up of a culturally diverse community, Council’s goal was to develop a Late-Night Economy...

GOAL JOC Consulting was engaged by Placemaking NSW to undertake stakeholder and community consultation and prepare a strategic management plan for Ballast Point Park. Extensive engagement included Council Staff, operations team, residents and regional wide visitors...

GOAL JOC Consulting was commissioned to support engagement with the local community during the early planning stage of Woolworth Group’s proposed mixed-use development 'Bourke&Young' in Waterloo, Sydney. The engagement set out to capture community feedback on the...

GOAL  Hawkesbury Council set out to improve their community engagement processes to enable the broader council team to plan and deliver effective and meaningful community engagement activities. Genuine community engagement is the foundation for service delivery that...

GOAL Randwick City Council is developing a Plan of Management and Masterplan for Maroubra Beach to shape the future vision for the area and improve the livability and vitality of the much-loved coastal neighbourhood. Following broad community engagement on the...

GOAL Bayside Council is one of 10 NSW councils partnering with Transport for NSW on the Safer Cities: Her Way Program which aims to make public spaces around transport hubs feel safer for everyone, especially for women, girls and gender diverse people. As a large and...

GOAL Blacktown City Council is one of 10 NSW councils partnering with Transport for NSW on the Safer Cities: Her Way Program which aims to make public spaces around transport hubs feel safer for everyone, especially for women, girls and gender diverse people. The...

GOAL In 2022, Penrith City Council set out to build an Advocacy Strategy, a framework for Council to proactively advocate between all levels of government for the critical infrastructure needed to support their growing community. SOLUTION JOC worked with Council to...

GOAL In 2018 Sunshine Coast Council adopted their inaugural Arts Plan to grow, strengthen and seek opportunities to develop and showcase the local arts sector. Four years on, in preparation for the refresh of the Plan, Council commissioned JOC Consulting to deliver a...

GOAL In collaboration with SustainbleEast, JOC Consulting was engaged by Penrith City Council to develop a Night Time Economy (NTE) Strategy 2022, recognising Council has completed all the actions from their previous 2015 NTE strategy. The JOC Consulting developed...

GOAL In late 2019, MidCoast Council set out to deliver its first Cultural Plan - a foundational document to help build on the region's strengths and better support arts and culture across the region. SOLUTION In partnership with Left Bank Co, JOC Consulting worked...

GOAL Wingecarribee Shire Council set out to develop a new Environment and Climate Change Strategy that will guide investment, resourcing and operations over the next decade. The strategy needed to be in accordance with the rapidly changing environment as well as the...

GOAL In late 2019, Penrith City Council embarked on their ‘Think Bold Kingswood Place Plan’, an ambitious strategic plan that provides a strategic framework and deliverable actions for Kingswood’s renewal over the next decade. The Plan aligns Local Government and...

GOAL The World Bank Urban and Disaster Risk Management Unit are a geographically dispersed team who are committed to improving outcomes relating to urban resilience and disaster risk management.  The team convened in Sydney for a Resilience Study Tour to learn from...

In mid 2021, the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (the Department) consulted with stakeholders to develop best practice procedures that if applied consistently throughout the planning proposal assessment process, would lead to faster approval times...

GOAL The Blue Mountains community has been particularly hard hit by recent shocks. The Black Summer bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact not just on people’s lives but on their livelihoods. With 74% of the City classified as World Heritage...