Renew Australia works with broader revitalisation and placemaking initiatives to bring towns and mainstreets to life.
We support communities and property owners in making their vacant shops, offices, and buildings available rent free or low cost to artists, creative projects, start-up businesses and community initiatives.
Check the videos below for more on ourprojects and participants around Australia
Revitalising spaces
Renew Australia is a national social enterprise. Our goal is to create opportunities for artists, creatives, and social enterprises, and bring life and activity to streets and towns while doing so.
Our services include:
- Scoping and feasibility studies
- Managed Renew Australia projects
- DIY projects in our Affiliate program
- Consultant services
Our projects:
- promote community renewal,
- increase activity and foot-traffic,
- use specialised contracts and insurance,
- generate opportunities for creative and start-up businesses, not-for-profits, and social enterprises
- compliment, not compete with, local businesses and traders
- are all different - each Renew Project is tailored to needs of the street, precinct, town or city in which it is based
Renew Australia is an apolitical organisation. We’re not part of the government nor do we have an allegiance to any political party. We work alongside government departments and private sector entities such as:
- Economic Development departments,
- Arts and Cultural services,
- City Centre Management teams,
- Council Placemakers,
- Creative Placemakers
- Traders associations
- Property Developers
- Shopping Centres
Renew Geelong has given our business a unique opportunity to test the Geelong market and operate from a beautiful property in doing so. Dealing with the Renew team has been a really positive experience and we are looking forward to an ongoing relationship with the program.
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Big news!
One of our original Renew Fitzroy Street shops is moving on.
Calistags Plants is selling all her stock, so pop in and grab yourself a bargain before she moves onto her big next project... parenthood.
We'll miss the lush green oasis of Calistag Plants on Fitzroy Street.Less than 2 weeks now till we close up shop! 🥲 Come grab yourself a little special something...we'll do you a deal! Open today 10-5 🌞
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#calistagsplants #plantshop #plantsale #plantsmelbourne #melbourneplantclub #stkilda
So much fun was had at the Mainstreet Australia Gala Awards night. Congratulations to all the finalists and winners. It was fabulous to hear about all the projects, and activations and see the energy these teams have for their towns and precincts.
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Renew Australia Christmas Closing Times
What a year 2022 has been! Here at Renew we have launched new projects, completed scoping studies, collaborated on events, extended existing projects, and watched our creative participants brilliantly activate ...
Renew Australia Projects in the media 2022
Catch up on some of the media that Renew Australia has featured in this year. Our nationwide rejuvenation projects are often a ‘good news story,’ highlighting the opportunities our projects ...
