City of Gold Coast

🏙️ Upcoming seminar 🏙️ Biourbanism: Cities as the answer to the climate emergency Presented by Adrian McGregor, biourbanism uncovers a shift in urban thinking, reframing cities as human-modified forms of nature. Hear how an interconnected systems approach can improve urban resilience and prosperity. 📆 Thursday 27 March 🕛 12pm to 1:30pm 📍HOTA, Home of the Arts Register now 👉 citygc.au/4bDtahZ

After a successful pilot program last year, we're excited to welcome back our Artist Toolkit series for 2025. Covering arts business fundamentals for creatives, these workshops are open to all ages and stages of arts practice, across all creative disciplines. Upcoming workshops include: 🔸 Building a Nimble Business Model 🔸 Grant Writing (two-part series) 🔸 Writing About Your Art for Visual Artists Workshops are free to attend however bookings are required. Grow your business with our Artist Toolkit citygc.au/3DzZ1Ud #GoldCoast #Creatives #Artists

Are you a small or family business owner dealing with the impacts of TC Alfred? Together with Queensland Government, we are here to support you. To ensure we understand your situation, please take a moment to fill out the survey from the Department of Customer Services: 📝 Small Business Survey – Let us know about any damage or losses to your business. 📝 Primary Producer Survey – Share details about damage or losses to your farm. For more info about the survey 👉 citygc.au/3DtzjAE or phone 13QGOV.

Ahead of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, visit the small business disaster hub to find out what you can do to protect and prepare your business. Being prepared can help reduce damage, get you back to business sooner and save you money. 👉 citygc.au/3F3ktRH

"The importance of persistence and tenacity when you're building a business cannot be underestimated," says Adam Jacobs. As the Co-Founder of Hatch and THE ICONIC, Adam has redefined industries through innovation and leadership. He shares invaluable insights on one of today's biggest challenges: attracting and retaining top talent. 👇🏽

We have an exciting opportunity to repurpose the Miami depot site into the Miami Creative Industries Precinct - an innovative hub supporting the growth of the creative industries, attracting investment, and providing valuable community benefit. From now until Sunday 9 March, we're inviting you to share your feedback to help develop the concept ⭐ citygc.au/3X6XThk The proposed precinct will enhance the local area by: 👏 Supporting 500-1000 ongoing jobs in creative, tech and screen industries 📈 Injecting $40-$81 million value add to the local economy each year 🏡 Increasing housing diversity and capacity to accommodate population growth in the area ❤ Providing the opportunity to integrate community facilities and a new public realm #GoldCoast #HaveYourSay #CreativeIndustries

Calling all Healthtech startups! If you're a startup focused on improving health outcomes within the biotech, medtech, mental health, fitness, sportstech, and wellness sectors - apply now for the next LuminaX HealthTech Accelerator. Since 2021, Gold Coast-based LuminaX has turbocharged 42 Australian HealthTech startups with vital support, resources, and guidance to commercialise and scale. As one of the top locations for HealthTech companies in Australia, we’re proud to support such an important initiative. Applications close 7 March. 👉 citygc.au/4bbL8YK 📸 LX Health

🌴Upcoming seminar: Liveability in a subtropical city Presented by Dr Rosemary Kennedy, the seminar will address design strategies and demonstrate elements of good design practice. As our cities and suburbs evolve to meet the population growth, good design for life in the subtropics is increasingly important for the benefit of environment and community. 📆 Thursday 27 February 🕛 12pm to 1:30pm 📍HOTA, Home of the Arts Register now 👉 citygc.au/4gOilKR

The aftermath of the 2023 Christmas Storms has been a major challenge for our community. 🛠️ Working alongside our recovery partner agencies, we’ve successfully: 🏫 Rebuilt education and recreation facilities 🚗 Repaired 34 roads, 5 landslips and 5 culverts 🌳 Restored over 100 damaged parks ⚡ Resumed power, water, and communication networks Together, we’ve brought essential community infrastructure back online. Learn more about the progress - https://lnkd.in/gBpFYg2b

Now in its 35th year, #CleanUpAustralia Day is focused on bringing together and inspiring communities to improve and conserve our environment, eliminate litter and end waste. There are several ways to get involved: ⭐ Organise a Business Clean Up Day on 25 February 📚 Hold a Schools Clean Up Day on 28 February ♻️ Join or register a Community Clean Up Day on 2 March Be part of the BIGGEST EVER clean up: register.cleanup.org.au/ (Not so) Fun fact: Each year, it costs Gold Coast ratepayers more than $7 million dollars to clean up litter and illegal dumping.