8 April 2011

Rejuvenating Tuggeranong. Your help wanted.

8 April 2011 | By johnboy

The ACT Planning & Land Authority is asking for your input on rejuvenating the Kambah, Tuggeranong and Erindale shopping centres.

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colourful sydney racing identity10:19 am 26 Jul 11

Kambah village has so much potential, a couple of cafes would be really good.

busgirl9:21 am 26 Jul 11

And maybe some cafes and a dog park?

Classified9:11 am 26 Jul 11

I’d like to see some nicer trees planted.

busgirl8:58 am 26 Jul 11

Kambah Village does need a facelift…I’m thinking something a bit more alternative than flashy…will be interesting to see what they come up with.

Captain RAAF7:17 pm 25 Jul 11

Hyperdome:

hang on, it’ll come to me..

naah, I got nothin’.

The Frog6:32 pm 25 Jul 11

Hi Everyone, in response to the query as to whether Songland (and our popular Ticketek agency) is closing down-the answer is no! (but we ain’t gonna be remaining in the Hyperdome, we’re moving to the remodelled Cooleman Court). Cheers, Frog. P.S. we have a songland records facebook fan page where we keep everyone up to date on gigs and stuff etc. Cheers, Frog.

doomguy10011:33 pm 11 Apr 11

Ryan said :

The Hyperdome have made a decent effort lately in filling the empty stores it seems, but there’s still a lot of gaps.

I agree. I have noticed that empty stores have been filled. But the issue isn’t localised only to the Dome, Homeworld is also suffers from ‘the gaps’ too. The buildings across from the cafe strip are I’d say are at least half empty – but i’d put that down to consolidation of public servants into the Caroline Chisholm centre.

The issue is population in the town centre. That’s being tackled in recent years by the townhouses and the two or three (i forget) storey apartment blocks. However I think that higher density housing is needed – perhaps one or two towers of apartments are needed, like the new apartment towers over near the Rydges hotel but maybe half or three quarters the height.

Ryan1:09 pm 10 Apr 11

doomguy1001 said :

The entire town centre is a dead-zone.
(I reckon a JB-HIFI would do wonders)..

Definitely. So often I’ll decide to go further to Woden when I want to go to the shops, purely because of JB Hifi.

The Hyperdome have made a decent effort lately in filling the empty stores it seems, but there’s still a lot of gaps.

Went into Coles there today and was back out five minutes later because their range was shocking. One very short row of “baked in store” breads. Woolies wasn’t much better..

doomguy100111:22 am 10 Apr 11

The entire town centre is a dead-zone.

I am frequent visitor to the centre. I’m 19 years old.

The Hyperdome has poor atmosphere, insufficient seating for visitors, a poorly placed cinema and not enough stores that really bring people into the centre (I reckon a JB-HIFI would do wonders). I also often forget about the lower level of the centre. Just a 1990s Woolworths, Best and less, empty stores and not to mention Stan the Hairdresser 🙂

Stores just look run down too. Target looks like crap, Kmart I swear is getting more empty and Coles just feels so dull and I hate the entire building that The Good Guys is in.

So many stores have closed down in the last 2-3 years. Especially on the lower level.

Songland records is going too! I don’t know if they are moving or just finishing for good.

Westfield just needs to buy the centre.

teabag8:51 pm 09 Apr 11

By food hall I do not mean quick snack/fast food, I mean places to buy the substance of the weekly menu, wholesome well produced and marketed ingredients to take home and nourish our families. Places such as greengrocers, butchers, delicatessens, decent bakers that can do better than a squashed up window soft white pap. A forlorn hope perhaps, it’d be easier to increase my carbon footprint and drivie to the Farmers markets than expect that sort of miracle at the hyperdome…