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How investments in innovation districts can combat regional divides

Brookings Institute writers suggest innovation districts that embrace the assets

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The Myth of the Urban Boomer

“…news media accounts have promoted the idea that boomers are

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Suburban 4 bed home still most popularly searched online

According to a report in The Australian (24 Jan 2020),

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Frasers, Winton Win Approval for $750m Macquarie Exchange in suburban Sydney

Frasers Property Industrial and Winten Property Group has been green-lit

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Suburban Lutwyche renewal proposal

Bold plans have been submitted to council for the development

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Resisting the urban brain drain

Daniel Oberhaus of Wired recently penned an article How Smaller

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Collaborations & Learning with the Center for Advanced Urbanism in the US

Suburban Alliance director Ross Elliott travels near and far in

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School’s out – where will our new graduates get jobs?

As schools around the country celebrate the end of term,

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Cities, suburbs and New America

Suburban Alliance supporters, author Joel Kotkin, and MIT Professor Alan

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The language we use to discuss innovation and creativity has such a pro-urban bias that we’ve forgotten these qualities flourish outside of cities, too

Richard Sheamur Director of the School of Urban Planning at

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Future of Suburbia II

Brisbane Club

The Future of Suburbia II : Where the Jobs Are sought to explore recent trends in the geography of work, and to understand how the growth

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Salisbury: A Suburban Renewal Opportunity

Salisbury

The Suburban Alliance held two events in August 2019 to discuss early ideas about the potential of Salisbury as a suburban renewal project. A breakfast

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Chermside: A Suburban Renewal Opportunity

McCullough Robertson

The Lord Mayor of Brisbane Adrian Schrinner was enthusiastic about the opportunities for suburban renewal at our event on May 8th 2019. He was joined by

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Where would we rather work? City or Suburbs

Colin Biggers & Paisley Lawyers

The Suburban Alliance released its community research asking people where they would most like to work – city or suburbs (and why) – at an

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“The Suburban Alliance has been an active, strong advocate for the suburbs. Our suburban areas all too often fade into the background as our cities, and in particular, Central Business Districts capture the attention as the focus of employment, business, commerce and political power. The suburbs are the beating heart

Raynuha Sinnanthamby

While nearly all metropolitan Australians live in the suburbs and 85% of all jobs are in the suburbs, these areas are poorly served by transport other infrastructure. The suburbs are almost forgotten in the media debates about infrastructure and priorities. Our cities can’t keep growing the way they have, with

Peter Seamer, AM. Chair of the Advisory Board for the NHMRC CRE in Healthy, Liveable Communities

The Suburban Alliance is an important resource… (that) has made substantial contributions toward improving the balance between planning for urban cores and the needs of suburban residents and suburban centres. It performs a valuable service in monitoring other research and developments. These efforts encourage broader economic progress and better standards

Wendell Cox Principal of Demographia

“When we think about city growth we tend to be seduced by the skyline of the CBD filled with cranes and high-rise luxury apartments. Impressive and positive as this might be, the real growth of Australian cities in terms of population increase and residential property development lies in the suburbs,

Dr Paul Maginn BSc Ulster, GradDip(TownPlanning) Belf., PhD S.Bank

It’s timely that groups like The Suburban Alliance stand up for the suburbs, given this is how most Australians prefer to live. Urban density has an important role but should not be mandated or forced to the exclusion of suburban development and suburban centre renewal. Some professionals seem happy at

Prof Joel Kotkin Internationally-recognized authority on global, economic, political and social trends

The Suburban Alliance is a go-to source for up-to-date news and information about global suburban trends, and one of the few unbiased resources for learning about the suburban market and suburban land-use trends in general. In a time when the intellectual elite and urban planning orthodoxy vilifies suburban forms, outlets

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Prof Joel Kotkin Internationally-recognized authority on global, economic, political and social trends

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