2023 Community Survey

As you may be aware, Siteworks is currently going through the initial planning stages for the redevelopment of the 33 Saxon Street site. We are working with the Moreland City Council to create a new built-for-purpose, state-of-the-art creative and community hub, with welcoming and affordable spaces for creatives, artists and the Brunswick community.

Based on the current timeline, construction is slated to start sometime in early 2023 and finish in 2024. Barring any unforeseen delays, with those dates in mind we are provisionally planning to put our current operations here at 33 Saxon Street on hiatus at the end of 2022 until the new building has finished construction.

We understand that a halt in operations will have an impact on many creative groups and individuals in Moreland as well as the greater Melbourne area. The below form is a response to this need, a way of trying to understand how many people and practices will be displaced by the redevelopment and how much alternative, affordable, creative space is required to service the needs of our community in the interim.

Responses to the questions below will be used to inform local councils and other similar creative development spaces about how big the impact of this displacement will be during the construction process and help us to advocate for temporary space to help you and your practice continue.

All the information collected from this survey will be anonymised when using the data to advocate to local councils and other key groups.

If you have any questions or concerns about how the information collected by this form will be used, please contact us at info@saxonstreet.com

Name(Required)

Your name and email are only being collected for the purposes of filtering out spam/data validation. All responses to this survey will be reported on anonymously.

Email(Required)

I am a...(Required)

How do you engage with the Siteworks community?

Will you be running classes/meetings/rehearsals etc. in 2023?(Required)

Should Siteworks be unavailable, do you currently have plans for where you will be running your classes/rehearsals in 2023?(Required)

Would you be interested in using alternative spaces in...

Brunswick

Brunswick West

Thornbury

Northcote

Fitzroy

Abbotsford

Collingwood

Carlton

Richmond

Prahran

South Melbourne

St Kilda

North Melbourne

Flemington

Ascot Vale

Moonee Ponds

Essendon

Pascoe Vale

Coburg

Preston

Tick all that apply

Roughly how much space do you usually require for your bookings?(Required)

For Theatre Companies:

How many performances do you expect to need rehearsal space for in 2023?

What is the average length of one of your rehearsal?

For Regular Class, Meeting or Training Providers

For one of your average bookings, roughly how many participants do you have in attendance?

What is the average frequency of bookings that you typically require?

Frequency of bookings

Other Site Users

For one of your average bookings, roughly how many participants do you have in attendance?

What is the average frequency of bookings that you typically require?

Frequency of bookings

Siteworks at Saxon Street is proudly supported by Merri-Bek City Council.

We respectfully acknowledge the five language groups of the Kulin Nation as sovereign custodians of the lands on which we work and live. We extend our respects to ancestors and elders past, present and emerging, and to all First Nations people. In the context of the work we do, we express gratitude for our shared connection through place, to the oldest continuing cultures on earth.

Siteworks is a carbon neutral project.

[address] 33 Saxon Street, Brunswick VIC, 3056
[email] info@saxonstreet.com

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