What led Jimmy Murphy to start Town Team Movement?
Some reflections from Town Team Movement Co-Founder – Jimmy Murphy I’ve been reflecting on a massive month for Town Team Movement, with the 65th Town Team joining the movement and…
How to make a video on your phone
Videos are a great way to share stories and experiences, and creating videos is more accessible than ever because most people have a camera on their phone. We’ve included some...
Places are Systems
Places are complex systems that can be nurtured to thrive through sensitive and wise custodianship. The future of places will be about building positive relationships, sharing responsibilities and enabling action….
Places Are Not Machines
Places and cities aren’t giant, complicated machines that can be controlled and managed only by knowledgeable experts. We’ll explore this contention in the article below and provide an alternative concept…
Community-Owned Enterprises
Community Development Foundations are community-owned and led organisations which use self-help, trading for social purpose, and ownership of buildings and land, to bring about long-term social, economic and environmental benefits…
Where did the ‘town team’ name come from?
Glad you asked! Retail expert, Mary Portas, came up with the town team name in 2011 in the United Kingdom. The first town team in Australia, the Beaufort Street Network,…
Celebrating 10 Local Government Innovations of 2018
Local governments have a tough job. But there are some inspiring success stories from 2018 that need to be told. Things are changing for the better. It’s important to…
Place Improvement Districts: a governance and business model based on places and people
Place Improvement Districts are the next evolution of the Business Improvement District (BIDs) model. Placemaking has become a bit of a thing. It’s trendy. But do we really understand the…
Stronger Citizens, Stronger Cities: Improving Our Democracy by Focussing on Places
Why is our movement so important? What makes it different? If you want to dig deeper, this is an edited version of one of the best articles we have read,…
Upgrading the Software of Our Communities
Perth is projected to grow to a city of around 5 million people by the 2050’s, according to the Australia Bureau of Statistics. There is plenty of talk about the…
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