Propagating a Late Night Economy.

The late night economy of Kings Cross is synonmous with the mediated issues of alcohol fueled violence, drug use and organized crime. So what is an economy that turns over almost half of the city of Sydney’s total night time dollars doing about its image?

Beyond State Government red taping, not much, but this should change.

With the girth of Sydney’s after dark economy being soaked up in the liquor and gaming sectors, its time to revisit the need for reforms around planning and zoning measures in the city of villages, as condoned by its Clover Moore. This is where the very nature of establishments can be reformed to create opportunities for new ventures, innovations and of course, new avenues to revenue and economizing in the after dark culture.

Simply put, the variety in these establishments need to vary. While I’m not exploring the cultural and social changes that face the after dark economy, its merely progressing and pushing the envelope of what constitutes as after dark activity. With the lessening of ‘beer barns’ and the increasing of hours of operation, a blurring of closing time and miller time needs to occur. The ‘knock off, piss on’ prerogative is a missed opportunity for business opportunities, to close up early almost in defeat. If these behaviors were altered by staying open longer past 5 or 6 PM, new market positions could be exploited. however this is addressing cultural and social behaviors, something that comes hand in hand in solving mediated issues that arise around them. Suffice to say that is another area of Australian civil liberties that i won’t go into.

A stunningly simply methodology to compliment much needed planning reform, especially for the after dark economy, is by asking what the public want to see. A simple survey and canvassing of public opinion, surveys and vetted forums are the key to showing weight behind this assertions of potential and systematic change.

Dear Kings Crosser: I wonder what you would like to see here?