2016-08-09 S&O Agenda Item 8, Attachment 1 - CCIQ Noosa Convention and Cultural Centre Initiative Pre-feasibility Study

CCIQ Noosa #3 Noosa Convention & Cultural Centre Initiative
Pre-feasibility Study                                                                   April 2016

                   booking deal breaker due to concerns about terrorism attack. Parking must
                   be separate. Noosa can be the first in Australia to offer this as a point-of-
                   difference advantage.




              1.  Submission to Council of pre-Feasibility Study: 30 April, 2016
Timeframe     2.  Council invites bids to conduct Feasibility Study: 31 July, 2016
              3.  Council selects service provider to conduct Feasibility Study: 27 September,
                  2016
              4. Feasibility Study presented to Council: 28 February, 2017
              5. Council decision to build the Convention Centre: 26 April, 2017
              6. Project definition, business case, design and fundraising to June 2018
              7. Council invites bids to build the Convention Centre: 27 June, 2018
              8. Council selects service provider to build the Convention Centre: 31 October,
                  2018
              9. Construction commences: 30 January 2019
              10. Construction completed: 29 January 2020




                    Rick Cooper              Founding President Tewantin Community
Committee /         Chair                    Association, past Chair Noosa Community Tourism
Development                                  Board, Vice Chair Tourism Noosa, member Council
Team                                         Transport Reference Group, Tewantin Masterplan
                                             Committee, Strategic Reference Group, and Local
                                             Economic Plan 2015 Focus Group. Past Director
                                             Tourism Sunshine Coast, principal Elders Real
                                             Estate Tewantin, now Chair Sunshine Coast
                                             Community Financial Services owner operator four
                                             local Community Bank branches.

                    Peter Chenoweth          Peter started-up and ran an events business based
                    CCIQN                    in Melbourne for 13 years, specializing in
                                             Conferences and Association management. He is
                                             President of CCIQ Noosa.

                    Michael Donovan          Michael spent 20 years in senior executive
                    Independent              positions in international tourism including the
                    Adviser                  MICE sector marketing convention and exhibition
                                             centres and a similar time in high end
                                             international arts and entertainment. He served
                                             for some years as community chair of Tourism
                                             Noosa and inaugural community chair of Noosa
                                             Biosphere Ltd.

                    Juanita Overson          Juanita Overson was appointed Chairman of
                    Noosa Federation of      Noosa Federation of the Arts last year after a
                    the Arts                 10year involvement with the organisation. She has
                                             a Licentiate in Music, Associate in Classical Ballet,



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