Economic Development

• Work with other organisations to promote Lismore as the regional business centre.
• Support local employment initiatives.
• Support an Indigenous employment program within the council.
• Encourage a mix of business, retail, and residential facilities.
• Lobby state and federal governments to relocate public service offices to Lismore.
• Work with businesses to encourage regular dining experiences using sidewalk facilities.
• Encourage healthy competition between CBD and Lismore Square.
• Encourage joint initiatives between Lismore Square and the CBD.
• Promote and support events throughout the city.
• Consider the impact of outlying bulky goods retail outlets on Lismore’s main shopping precincts.
• Encourage weekend events and healthy activity in the CBD.
• Develop laneways project for pedestrians, dining, outdoor visual and performing arts.
• Work with the Lismore Farmers Market and the Lismore Organic Market to move into town occasionally.
• Continue CBD beautification program.
• Upgrade Woodlark St with increased tree planting and seating and in consultation with the community and businesses.
• Encourage restoration of paintwork on buildings and shopfronts.
• Encourage empty commercial premises to maintain their premises and utilise window spaces with displays.
• Commit to improving personal safety in Lismore.

• Encourage tourists to spend time in Lismore.
• Examine and enhance the sister city relationships to encourage economic and social benefit.

• Ensure safe traffic flow around the CBD.
• Maintain short term parking only in main city block.
• Encourage shoppers to utilise fringe parking areas.
• Restrict through traffic through promoting alternative routes.
• Seek funding for a third bridge crossing as a matter of priority

• Investigate provision of covered sections of our large parking areas.
• Support multi level carpark in the Cultural precinct from Dawson St.
• Promote connections between CBD and Lismore Square.
• Promote shared parking facilities.
• Establish shade trees in all current and future parking areas
• Monitor parking in vicinity of Lismore Base Hospital to ensure adequate short term spaces.

• Improve pedestrian access within the CBD.
• Improve pedestrian links between CBD and Lismore Square.
• Extend footpaths and access facilities throughout Lismore and the villages.

• Promote partnerships between LCC and SCU
• Continue to engage SCU personal for surveys and other community consultations.

• Promote Lismore as regional sports centre.

• Support sustainable land release for housing considering the protection of valuable rural land and habitat.
• Promote initiatives that improve our residents’ access to affordable and appropriate housing close to facilities and employment
• Support development of North Lismore plateau.
• Protect habitat and reduce tree clearing in new residential areas.
• Encourage residential development in CBD.
• Ensure that plans and Development Applications once approved are activated within reasonable timeframes to ensure land is readily available to meet expected demand.
• Ensure developers pay their fair share of infrastructure costs through section 94 contributions.

• Support zoning for light industrial land in appropriate areas.
• Ensure residential amenity is not negatively affected by industrial development.
• Restrict roadside signage to protect the environment and limit visual pollution.

• Recognise and support our farming community.
• Support initiatives to maintain the viability of local farms.
• Support initiatives to protect fertile prime farm lands from development.
• Encourage farmers to reforest land to provide wildlife corridors and habitat.

• Continue to lobby State Government for 24 hr fire station in CBD to protect our most vulnerable wooden houses.