Project Name          Wingecarribee Economic Enterprise and Tourism Zone
Prepared For           Wingecarribee Shire Council
Project Date             January 2006

Hill PDA was commissioned by Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) to assist in the preparation of a lands strategy study for the proposed tourism and eco-enterprise zones in Wingecarribee.

Council identified two areas of land within the Wingecarribee Shire that could have a competitive advantage as a possible future eco-enterprise zone and tourism zone. The study focused on land economic issues in relation to both zones, with particular regard to a market appraisal, identifying potential forms of development likely to be located there, and the key drivers associated with them. 

The study was prepared to provide recommendations to PB to assist in the preparation of related land use controls appropriate to the local area.

Hill PDA's approach to the project involved the following key tasks:

• Identifying any potential constraints and opportunities with both potential zones;
• Examining existing business/developments and tourism trends within the Shire;
• Examining competing enterprise development locations.
• Identifying core themes and principles in the development of eco-industrial and eco-enterprise precincts; and
• Identifying key attributes of competing tourism locations in the Hunter Region;

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