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We’re excited to have received the ‘first cut’ of designs for the rejuvenation of Bruce, Park and Queen Streets. Known as ‘concept designs’, these are far from the final plans of what we want to do. Rather, they’re the first look at how the use of the street space might change. We’ve been chatting to business […]

During the first two weeks of January we trialed a part-pedestrianisation of Park Street as a way to test some key ideas put forward in the Town Centre Strategy. This is an important step in us understanding what may or may not work when it comes to the permanent changes for Park Street. We’ve taken […]

This weekend we have a great range of events happening on Park Street. Make the most of the school holidays and get down there to enjoy everything from live music to skateboarding workshops and more. The timetable is as follows:   Friday 18th January   2pm and 3pm – The bubble show makes a come […]

We’ve been getting a lot of interest in the parklet on Queen Street and the pedestrianised space in Park Street. Here are some quick answers to five questions/comments. It’s too piecemeal, we need something coordinated We totally agree! Last year Masterton District Council adopted a strategy to inject life into the town centre. But, these […]

Our pedestrianised space on Park Street is up and running with all the different elements of the concept coming together over the last week. Come down and check it out Monday – Saturday between 9am and 4:30pm (weather permitting). We have a giant games space (above) basketball hoops and skate furniture as well as more […]

Things are taking shape with the next initiatives in the Town Centre Revamp underway. Today we’ve put our second parklet in place outside Charlie’s Lane, beside Paper Plus on Queen Street. Our team has also started putting together the bits and pieces that will make up “Play on Park” – a space along one side […]

29 November 2018 Masterton District Council has engaged specialist project management company Xigo to oversee its $15.5 million civic centre project. Xigo is a national project management consultancy with offices in Auckland, Wellington and Tauranga. It has managed high-profile projects such as construction of the Meridian Building on Wellington’s waterfront, Wellington’s largest office building, the […]

22 November 2018 King Street will be transformed into a mini Latin America on Saturday as Masterton celebrates the launch of its town centre revamp. Between 2:30pm and 4:30pm a Latin fiesta will take over part of King Street with salsa dancing, music and activities to entertain all ages including a piñata game, limbo and […]

21 September 2018 Masterton District Council is in the process of advising parties interested in partnering in the civic centre project of next steps. In August the Council called for parties to express any interest they had in partnering on the project. Four expressions of interest were received. The Council has now begun advising parties […]

Masterton District Council is firming up options for the district’s future civic centre development. The Council earmarked $15.5 million for the facility as part of its recently adopted 2018-28 Long-Term Plan. It is now calling for expressions of interest from parties wanting to be involved. Mayor Lyn Patterson said the expression of interest was one […]