Joining Dean Landy for tonight's panel discussion are three panellists. First is Mike Day (Mike Day), founding partner of Old Username

Our second panellist is Bec McHenry (@activatecities) CEO of The Space Agency that designs strategies to increase property engagement

Third panellist is Phoebe Harrison (Phoebe Harrison) from @PlanisphereMelb + the incoming national Young Planner convener for PIA

Last but not least, we’re also joined by Ed Krushka, project director at Stockland. Join the conversation with hashtag #vibrantcommunities

"Small things like coffee are so important" - Ed Krushka on what makes a vibrant community #vibrantcommunities

"One word: people"- @activatecities on what makes #vibrantcommunities

"Even in fringe areas, people still desire to be part of a vibrant place" - Dean Landy #vibrantcommunities

"Often it feels like developers are trying to put places like Lygon Street or Chapel Street in a different context" - Dean Landy

"What we need to do now...is look at the infrastructure costs and see how we can do it better," Ed Krushka, project director at Stockland

“There’s this level of conservatism [in the industry] that I think we need to contend with” - Mike Day #vibrantcommunities

A key issue is employment and "how we can decentralise jobs from the CBD and incentivise start-ups to move further out," Krushka says.

The game changer in growth areas will be technology that enables people to become interconnected and build social resilience says Phoebe Harrison

"The game changer will be increased public-private partnerships and allowing these to be developed more easily" - says @activatecities

"We need to be clustering employment opportunities and places for people to live, play and work," - Dean Landy #vibrantcommunities

One thing I think we need to do more is advocate for how we’re spending our public money - Phoebe Harrison from @PlanisphereMelb

The official Creating Vibrant Communities website is now live with books available at a reduced price, $49.99 creatingvibrantcommunities.org/book/

The website is also a digital platform to help the industry better collaborate and share knowledge about the creation of #vibrantcommunities

That's a wrap on tonight's panel discussion Thank you Mike Day, @activatecities, Phoebe Harrison and Ed Krushka for your valuable insights.

Thank you to all those who attended tonight's event. We invite you to visit One Heart Foundation to learn more about Dean Landy's important work.

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