Message from the Mayor

Redland City Council is committed to high-quality planning and delivery of open spaces that support liveability, connectivity and community wellbeing.

Creating spaces and delivering infrastructure that everyone benefits from reflects best practice in planning, design and management. Council is equally committed to sustainably growing the city’s economy and to working together to support businesses across Redlands Coast. It recognises the key role businesses, small and large, play in developing and diversifying our local economy, while also increasing our economy’s resilience. When our local businesses prosper, our economy prospers too and a lot of livelihoods are improved.

There is much to look forward to in the year ahead to help with that. We recently launched a five-year tourism plan to enhance visitor experiences and stimulate the economy ahead of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Our local tourism industry has a significant role to play in the local economy and has partnered in developing this plan. The industry employs more than 2607 people, which equates to 5.4 per cent of the city’s employment, generates more than 1.2 million visitors annually and contributes $234 million to our economy.

We are progressing key communityshaping infrastructure that will see Redlands Coast become an even more popular and vibrant community.

Projects such as the planned Birkdale Community Precinct will not only showcase the liveability we enjoy here but will directly celebrate and enhance it. The project will define Redlands Coast. It is the largest, most exciting and most diverse community precinct ever to be delivered in our city. A place with a space for everyone, this precinct will provide rich experiences for our whole community.

It will also be the home of the Redland Whitewater Centre which will host the Brisbane 2032 Olympic canoe / slalom events. We know sport is important to our community and we are committed to ensuring Redlands Coast has sporting infrastructure that supports aspiring sports champions of all abilities.

The Redland Whitewater Centre will position Redlands Coast as a centre of innovation, delivering a legacy as a disaster resilience training centre, as well as a world-class training facility for paddle sports. Birkdale Community Precinct will encourage investment in complementary infrastructure such as the Cleveland rail line duplication and completion of the Eastern Busway to Capalaba.

It will have a positive impact on our quality of life, now and for generations to come.

So too will our planned Capalaba Town Centre Revitalisation Project (pictured), which will incorporate an exciting civic plaza and reposition Capalaba as a primary employment, transit, and mixed-use development centre.

The rejuvenation of Weinam Creek will transform Redland Bay into a vibrant waterfront precinct with restaurants and cafes, a supermarket, new open spaces and a satellite hospital. This precinct will create more than 700 jobs and generate almost $30 million for the local economy.

The $1.5 million West Thornlands Active Pathway Link is part of Council’s vision to provide more accessible pathway routes. These catalytic projects will enrich our experiences on Redlands Coast and as more families call this beautiful place home, they are more important than ever before. We are working to ensure our Naturally Wonderful Redlands Coast continues to be the best place to work, live, and learn for generations to come.