Our Coastal Lifestyle, Co-design Engagement
A carefully crafted engagement program to understand community aspirations for the protection and engagement of the City’s beaches, foreshore parks, lakes and canals.
Beaches and waterways are an important cornerstone of life on the Gold Coast. These spaces support a significant component of the region’s economy and have positioned the city as a premier tourist destination and a place many want to live. Investment into the management of these beaches, waterways and open spaces is key to allowing them to prosper now and into the future.
Fourfold Studio partnered with City of Gold Coast to craft an integrated and collaborative engagement process to gather community sentiment around their experience of beaches, foreshore parks, lakes and canals across the city. This multi-phased engagement program focused on the delivery of activities to understand local aspirations that will create the foundation for a place-based strategy response.
Following the close of engagement, the team supported the revision of findings including data coding and analysis. Findings from this exercise informed a refreshed Our Coastal Lifestyle Strategy which will guide the management of the City’s waterway assets for the next 10-years.
Client: City of Gold Coast