Sunshine Rising: The revitalisation programme for Sunshine Town Centre, Melbourne, Australia

摘要

This paper outlines a town centre management programme for Sunshine Town Centre, a traditional high street or main street centre in Metropolitan Melbourne, 11 kilometres west of Melbourne city centre. The programme was initiated in 2010 by the City of Brimbank - the local government authority that covers the suburb of Sunshine. At its core, the programme has pursued an integrated whole-of-local-government approach to the centre and has sought to forge strong partnerships with private-sector businesses and property owners. This paper identifies the issues, processes, achievements, challenges and lessons learned from the programme over its first six years of operation.