2016-10-11 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

THEME: ECONOMY AND EMPLOYMENT
                                                                                                                 are some small scale vocational training businesses,
Where are we now                                        Retail and commercial
                                                                                                                 the former TAFE at Tewantin has not operated for
                                                        Noosa is well serviced by a range of retail outlets      some years.
Noosa’s economy is reliant on tourism and               including supermarkets, discount department stores,




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population driven industries. The dominant              specialty retailing, bulky goods and showrooms. Car
employment sectors are retail, accommodation and        showrooms dominate part of the Noosa Eumundi             Industry




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food, healthcare and social assistance, education       Road and Lionel Donovan Drive precinct. Office           Industrial uses are located in a number of industrial
/ training and construction. Noosa is home to           space is typically small floor plan catering to a mix
                                                                                                                 estates across the Shire. The largest is based




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approximately 7,200 businesses that are mainly          of service industries, professionals and financial
                                                                                                                 around Renee Street and Project Avenue in
small or micro businesses. These businesses are         services.
                                                                                                                 Noosaville. Cooroy has two industrial estates and




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spread between Noosa’s activity centres, industrial                                                              there are smaller precincts in Pomona and other
precincts, rural areas and in homes. In total, around   Health and wellbeing                                     hinterland villages. Gateway Drive in Noosaville has




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25,080 people are employed in Noosa predominantly       Mary Street and Thomas Street Noosaville are             a mixed range of semi-industrial / service industry
in these sectors.                                       emerging as a health and wellbeing precinct.             and associated retail enterprises. These days there
                                                        Goodchap Street includes the Noosa Hospital and a        is limited ‘heavy’ industry in Noosa. Retail and
Activity centre – hierarchy                             range of medical and health facilities near Eumundi      commercial uses are establishing in industrial areas,
                                                        Road. In the hinterland, Cooroy has a good range         such as shops, offices and cafes and at times these
Noosa has a hierarchy of activity centres. The          of health services including the Eden Rehabilitation     are in conflict with the Industrial zone.
Noosa Shire Business Centre at Eenie Creek Road,        centre. A number of medical centres are also
Noosaville, is intended as the highest order centre     located in most business, neighbourhood and town
followed by centres at Noosa Junction, Noosaville,      centres.                                                 Tourism
Tewantin, and Cooroy. Neighbourhood centres exist                                                                Tourism is a significant contributor to Noosa’s
at Noosaville, Tewantin, Peregian Beach and Sunrise     Education                                                economy with positive impacts across other industry
Beach with smaller convenience centres at Quamby                                                                 sectors including retail, hospitality, entertainment,
                                                        Noosa has a number of state and private primary
Place, Sunrise Beach and Weyba Road. Kin Kin,                                                                    accommodation and events. Tourism accommodation
                                                        and high schools including a flexible learning centre.
Pomona, Boreen Point and Cooran are attractive                                                                   is mostly in the form of self-contained apartments
                                                        A campus of the University of the Sunshine Coast
hinterland villages built around smaller commercial     operates from The ‘J’ and Central Queensland             rather than hotel style accommodation and is a
nodes. Hastings Street, Gympie Terrace and              University has a campus in Goodchap Street,              significant employment generator. Tourism Noosa
Sunshine Beach are Noosa’s primary tourist areas        Noosaville. The Lexis English College in Noosa           is actively encouraging a higher value market from
with a mix of retail, hospitality, entertainment and    Junction attracts overseas students for long stays,      fly-in guests who typically stay longer than drive-in
tourist accommodation.                                  generating demand for accommodation. While there         guests.

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