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Reinventing
Porirua City Centre
Bryan Patchett
GM City Growth & Partnerships
Porirua City Council
The Workers’ Porirua
The Workers’ Porirua
The city centre - a place to relax
The 'six o'clock swill' at the Porirua Tavern in 1967
The city centre – a place to shop
Then the tariff wall came down
Shopping changed
Negative perceptions were
reinforced
Another Porirua was growing
First steps to revitalise
More early steps to revitalise
Meanwhile the decline continued
A change of tack
Physical improvements: 2014/15
Physical improvements: 2016/17
Activating the city centre
– day and night
Residential opportunities
Business development
Early Successes
Lessons learned so far
• Smaller sequenced projects – no big bang
• Family focused events work best
• Strong political leadership and community
engagement
• It’s not about going back – it’s about
reinventing
Time’s Up!
• About the speaker: – Name: Bryan Patchett
– :Organisation: Porirua City Council
– Tel: 04 237 1431
– Email: [email protected]