Launched projects

2023 projects

Pedestrian Safety in Byford

Town Team: Activate Byford Town Team
Location: Byford

To encourage safer pedestrian crossing points along South Western Highway and improve driver behaviours, this project used a staged approach with community consultation to develop necessary footpath decals. 7 designs made by community members were chosen and launched within the 2024 National Road Safety Week.

Narembeen Main Street crossing

Town Team: Narembeen Town Team
Location: Narembeen

To encourage safer pedestrian crossing points, and improve driver behaviours, this project included road calming activities such as a road mural and footpath signage, as well as a play area for children and families to strengthen community connections.

Skate Park Safety

Town Team: Koorda Town Team
Location: Koorda

To improve local amenities for youth in the town, by reinvigorating the existing skate park with new designs, additional furniture, solar lighting and bike racks. A key focus of this project was to encourage safer behaviour and skating away from the road.

Big Brick Bash Community Event

Town Team: 1922 & You and Corrigin Collective
Location: Corrigin

An historic landmark within town, was transformed from a sandy ditch, to a luscious grassed area, featuring a stage, water garden and mud kitchen and yarning circle to provide a space for locals and visitors to connect beyond typical sporting clubs. Community was invited to the ‘Big Brick Bash’ where permanent mural templated designs onto bricks to feature at the new public space.

Community Cargo

Town Team: Geraldton Town Team
Location: Geraldton

A vacant block on Marine Terrace, Geraldton has been revived at the west of town, with lighting, planter boxes, street furniture and an artist designed sea container to hold equipment storage for local community events.

Connect.Play.Celebrate

Town Team: Activate South Hedland
Location: South Hedland

Activate South Hedland activated their community through a nine-month plan of events, including yoga in the park, community painting activities, to celebrate social connections.

Cooby Heart

Town Team: Coolbellup Town Team
Location: Coolbellup

To improve the heart of Coolbellup, the team launched a series of community noticeboards educating others about ‘what’s on’, a placemaking project within the local shopping centre, and a sundowner community event supporting local businesses, community members and residents along the way.

JW West Place

Town Team: Kondinin Kreative
Location: Kondinin

An underutilised space within Kondinin town centre was revitalised with a 3D artistic mural, paying homage to the local businesses aiming to bring the rich history of the community back to life.

Pickle District Park

Town Team: The Pickle District
Location: West Perth

Pickle District Town Team revitalised a tiny remnant of 100-year old Hamilton Park, Old Aberdeen Place in West Perth. The outdoor space was lost to the freeway in the 70s, which the team brought it back to life, creating a place for community events, public art showcase, local markets, outdoor workshops and festivals.

Rainbow Gullies

Town Team: Karratha Town Team
Location: Karratha

To promote more connected neighbourhoods and enhance safety and amenity of the infrastructure, the Town Team delivered the ‘Rainbow Gullies’ a colourful bridge painting, connecting their community and increasing vibrancy of the once blank space.

Past projects as voted by our members

2022

Metro	Hulme Court Collective	Hulme Court, in Myaree was activated with new seating, picnic tables, solar lights, and a welcome sign to inject colour and vibrancy into the business-hub and allow locals and business owners to better connect, and provide a space to congregate.
Metro	Wellington Wishes	A Christmas Street Fair in Mosman Park was celebrated in 2022 showcasing the neighbourhood’s offerings, and entertainment during the festive time of year.
Regional	Cossack Town Team	This project delivered a series of site activations across five months in remote Cossack, celebrating cultural activities by Traditional Owners and emerging artists. Activities were linked to an existing Maker's Market or a standalone event to celebrate the local culture and pay homage to the historic community.

2021

Baysie Rollers (Bayswater)	A new welcoming, vibrant and exciting space, designed to bring the community into the town centre to connect, socialise and support local businesses.
Creative Maylands	Bringing local businesses, community groups and residents together to give the much-loved Roxy Lane a makeover, with public art, nooks, and greening transforming it into a Maylands community hub.
Discover Dianella	A run-down park fondly known as Dig Dig Park will be transformed into an inviting play space that will attract young families to relax and connect. The project features a community artwork, toy garage and little street library.
Dowerin This Together	The façade of the Tin Dog General Store will be transformed into beautiful landmark where a series of community engagement activities will be held.
Flower District (West Leederville)	The Northwood Community Festival - incorporating stalls, children’s activities, workshops, and offerings from local businesses. A highlight will be the interactive installation of the legacy mural by a local indigenous artist, which will feature significant and historical plant species from the area.
Horrocks Town Team	The Horrocks Lookout Project transformed an underutilized beachfront zone into a reflective and colourful public open space for the local community impacted by Cyclone Seroja.
Ignite Wicky (Wickepin)	Wickepin Harvest Festival. The inaugural festival celebrated all things uniquely Wickepin. A fun, family friendly day out showcasing and connecting rural community with music, food, entertainment, competitions, and games.
Inglewood on Beaufort	Delivery of a permanent arts hub with a studio, workshop, exhibition and retail spaces where local creatives practice, share and exhibit their talents, and the community gathers, learns and celebrates.
Leederville Connect	Melrose Street Play Street and Blank Walls join forces to transform a gloomy freeway noise wall, the dreary backdrop to our beloved play street cul-de-sac, into vibrant street art on a major scale.
Mount Hawthorn Hub	A new local pop-up market activating quiet spaces within Mt Hawthorn by providing home businesses and entrepreneurs a platform to showcase their local products and services.
Narembeen Town Team	A community street festival where the main street of Narembeen was activated, and 'Be Seen Narembeen' artist mural launched.
Portside Town Team (Port Hedland)	An exciting street festival showcasing the best of Port Hedland that includes a community mural, guerrilla gardening, live performances and amazing food to help build a connected, inclusive and engaged community.
Scarborough Beach Association	Scarborough has a rich and evolving history over more than 100 years. The pilot will test augmented reality technology to develop a Scarborough Heritage Trail to share the stories of significant places around the community.
Spencer Park Town Team (Albany)	The extension of a community garden and gathering space for locals to enjoy where two annual events will be held that mark the beginning and end of Harvest season.
York Town Team	This project installed community bench seats, within the Peace Park, making public areas more comfortable and attractive for locals and tourists to gather, sit, rest talk and enjoy.

2020

Brentwood Village	Community Parklet - a place making activity to install new park benches and landscaping to revitalise and underutilised public space in Brentwood.
Building Busselton	Busselton Street Art Project - locals will be invited to help transform Opal Lane, situated in the heart of Busselton. A series of murals will be painted by local artists and an unused parking lot will be brought to life.
Champion Lakes Residents Association	Outdoor Environmental Education - a community garden and environmental education program about the flora and fauna at Champion Lakes.
Dunsborough Districts Association	Telstra Block Park Revitalisation - land surrounding an old Telstra building in Dunsborough will be converted into a welcoming parkland where locals and visitors can meet, socialise and relax.
Leighton CAN	The Long Table for Sustainability - a ticketed sunset dinner that will bring the Leighton Beach community together to promote their sustainability progress and the longer-term goals and alignment with the City of Fremantle's One Planet Living Strategy.
Midland Junction Collective	Really, Really Free Markets - two community 'sharing' markets held at the Midland Town Hall where residents bring what they can and take what they need, all for free.
Portside Town Team	Activate Portside - a dynamic series of free community events and workshops which utilise public spaces and local businesses to provide the people of Port Headland with more opportunities to connect with their community.
Subiaction	Subiaco Street Side Gallery - local artists will beautify planter boxes and bollards along Rokeby Road to help bring the street to life and celebrate Subiaco's culture and heritage.
The Bend in the Road	Community Mural and Play Space - the Hilltop Centre in Doubleview will be revitalised and feature new bench seating, a play space for families, as well as a mural designed by a local artist and installed by the community.
Vic Park Collective	Library of Things - a digital and physical inventory of household tools, toys, equipment and appliances that are volunteered by locals to loan the residents of Victoria Park.
Wellard Village People	The Wandering Orchard - an underutilised community parklet featuring tables, seating and fruit trees will be relocated from the Wellard Train Station to Wellard Square to encourage more activity and increase traffic for local businesses.

2019

Cale Street Festival, Midland	The Cale Street Festival showcased the reinvigorated Cale Street precinct and helpe celebrate summer with family activities, market stalls, live music and food outlets. This free community even encouraged overall positive impact on the greater Midland community, improving social wellbeing, encouraging connections and creating civic pride.
Car Free Day, Victoria Park	The Vic Park Collective held a car free day event on Saturday 17 October 2020. The team closed one car-parking bay on Albany Highway for a day, to activate the space with fake turf, deck chairs, side tables, and board games for the community to use. The group also closed a section of Albany Highway allowing residents to enjoy activities in the main street.
Community Block Party, Subiaco	The Block Party was a community activation bringing together local members to enjoy family entertainment, sharing food, conversation and an enjoyable experience.
Dalyellup Street Party	The Dalyellup Street party, where community enjoyed a range of activities including kids activities, food trucks and live entertainment.
Dijiljit Mia Community Gathering Place, Dunsborough	An Aboriginal-themed, community gathering place (Djiljit Mia) in central Dunsborough incorporates permanent artworks, sculptures and nature-based play features. The Town Team produced a sculpture that is displayed in the gathering place.
Inglenook Furnishings	The Inglenooks established a place for locals and visitors to dwell and retreat from the busy main street. The new furniture provides comfort, flexibility and encourages people to stay longer and socialise with fellow community members, and the chess pieces allow social, mental and physical stimulation for community.
Lighting Laneways, Perth	The project created artistic lighting elements and a mural in three selected laneways to draw people to the Streets at night, improving community safety and creating a safer, more walkable precinct for community members.
Progress Street Pocket Park, Morley	A music series presented by the new Progress Street Pocket Park stage. Activations at the newly renovated park provided an opportunity for local community and businesses to socialise and participant in diverse activities in Morley.
Shuttle bus for Scarborough Beach Markets	A free shuttle bus service that operated in conjunction with the Thursday night Sunset Markets to encourage people to park in underutilised carparks away from the event and avoid congestion for patrons.
Ocean Keys Boulevard street refurbishment	The street beautification project at Ocean Keys Boulevard in Clarkson, near the Clarkson railway station. A mix of local small businesses and residential buildings, the project helped encourage higher levels of foot traffic in the area to benefit the local businesses on this street.
Subilicious Fringe Hub	A new welcoming, vibrant and exciting space, designed to bring the community into the town centre to connect, socialise and support local businesses.
Sunday Series in the Noranda Nook	Sunday Series in the Noranda Nook involved four community picnics in the Noranda Nook community space. The picnics involved performances of local acoustic musicians and showcased the new community facilities available in the area, including the lending library, community billboards and ping pong table.
Verge to Plate Urban Foraging	An urban foraging pilot project in partnership with Town Team Movement, where local families and businesses explored their local area to collect produce from edible gardens and verges.

Launched Town Team projects