{"id":11593,"date":"2021-05-29T05:07:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T05:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=11593"},"modified":"2021-05-29T05:07:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T05:07:07","slug":"funding-boost-to-heat-up-darling-harbour-and-the-rocks-this-winter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/05\/29\/funding-boost-to-heat-up-darling-harbour-and-the-rocks-this-winter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding boost to heat up Darling Harbour and the Rocks this winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney\u2019s most-loved CBD entertainment precincts will come to life with dedicated alfresco dining, fireworks, live music and an outdoor cinema to ensure the CBD is this winter season\u2019s hottest spot.<br \/>\nThe NSW Government has committed almost $850,000 to support a range of activities in The Rocks and Darling Harbour as part of the CBD Revitalisation Program \u2013 which received a $20 million boost as part of the second successful CBD Summit.<br \/>\nTreasurer Dominic Perrottet said revamping these initiatives for the winter months was vital to build on the success of the September CBD Summit and would ensure the economic recovery continues.<br \/>\n\u201cI said at the second CBD summit in April that we would pull out all the stops to bring crowds into the city \u2013 and we\u2019re making it happen,\u201d Mr Perrottet said.<br \/>\n\u201cSydney has the best restaurants, shopping, cultural institutions and lifestyle in the country and this exciting series of initiatives will encourage people to spend more time in Australia\u2019s best CBD, with more events and activities than ever before.<br \/>\n\u201cThis program we\u2019re rolling out will give both The Rocks and Darling Harbour much needed boosts over the cooler months, keeping more businesses in business and people in jobs.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Rocks Hidden in Plain Sight program includes a new pop-up speakeasy, art installations, weekend street games and a dinner series which showcases the best of The Rocks dining.<br \/>\nIn Darling Harbour, people can enjoy socially distanced lunchtime picnics with live music and $10 lunch deals right through until July, with evening fireworks and light shows from 8 June as part of the Sydney Solstice celebrations.<br \/>\nMinister for Planning and Public Spaces Rob Stokes said as The Rocks was NSW Government land, new agency Placemaking NSW was embarking on a program to revitalise hidden courtyards and laneways that have been forgotten for decades.<br \/>\n\u201cThanks to the pandemic, The Rocks is ripe for reinvention,\u201d Mr Stokes said.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s been really encouraging to see foot traffic at The Rocks hit 75 per cent of pre[1]pandemic numbers but we\u2019re keen to draw more people back to this part of Sydney which is one of the most historic and beautiful parts of the CBD.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cWe have started a program to upgrade all courtyards and laneways in The Rocks, such as the Nurses Walk, Unwins Courtyard, Well Courtyard and the La Renaissance courtyard.<br \/>\n\u201cWhile Melbourne has already done their laneways, we will do ours better.\u201d For more details on The Rocks Hidden In Plain Sight program and the Darling Harbour picnic and fireworks events visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.therocks.com\/\">www.therocks.com<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.darlingharbour.com\/\">www.darlingharbour.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney\u2019s most-loved CBD entertainment precincts will come to life with dedicated alfresco dining, fireworks, live music and an outdoor cinema to ensure the CBD is this winter season\u2019s hottest spot. The NSW Government has committed almost $850,000 to support a range of activities in The Rocks and Darling Harbour as part of the CBD Revitalisation &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/05\/29\/funding-boost-to-heat-up-darling-harbour-and-the-rocks-this-winter-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Funding boost to heat up Darling Harbour and the Rocks this winter&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}