More commerce the trick to a vibrant city
Attracting more businesses to the central business district — and as a result more jobs and more residents — would make Perth a more prosperous and vibrant city.
Visiting Seattle urban planner Lyle Bicknell said diversifying the make‐up of the CBD would also help protect the city in times of economic downturn.
It would bolster tourism and add to the profitability of CBD retail. But the move would be contrary to the current thinking in many cities to send jobs into the suburbs.
“More businesses means more people,” Mr Bicknell said. “If you can house them close to where they work, the city stays alive beyond 5.05pm every day.”
He said while Perth’s fortunes have rested with the State’s oil and gas industry, Seattle reliedfor many years on the fortunes of aviation company Boeing
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