The Impact of Bottom-Up Investments to Stimulate Urban Economies

Marcus Westbury discusses returning to his once popular hometown of Newcastle Australia to find high vacancy rates and a city in deterioration. After seeing how things had taken a turn for the worse, he started Renew Newcastle in 2009 to get rid of barriers to entry in business and lease empty spaces to entrepreneurs and small businesses.

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