WECA sees a ‘once in a lifetime opportunity’ to create in this part of Brisbane a truly urban neighbourhood that is predominantly residential with people housed in medium density and medium rise, mixed use neighbourhoods with: • a diversity of small to medium sized retail outlets at the street level and up to three storeys; • capacity for services within the street level premises that activate the streets; • a diversity of small licensed venues promoting a more mature drinking culture and providing alternative choices to supplement the entertainment district of the Valley; • close links to the rich array of cultural and educational institutions clustered along the south bank of the river; • room for those people who work in the neighbourhood to live in the neighbourhood; • diversity of the population deliberately addressed through the provision of affordable housing across the neighbourhood – for tertiary students, artists, musicians and creative people in irregular and casual employment as well as key workers; • provision of adequate additional green space to meet the needs of the growing population, including an expansion of green space through the large property holdings along the riverside; • public transport, bicycles and walking as the primary means of mobility; • sustainability as a matter of course for the entire neighbourhood, including distributed power • networks, locally managed water conservation and minimisation of the amount of waste carted out of the neighbourhood; • a neighbourhood where people know their neighbours. • safe, accessible, clean, pedestrian friendly streets.