APPENDIX E VISION AND OBJECTIVES

E.1 50-Year Vision for Greater Sydney’s Open Space and Parklands

The Draft 50-Year Vision for Greater Sydney’sOpen Space and Parklands in thenext 50 years is:

 a living and breathing city of parks for people toconnect, exercise, reflect and celebrate

 a city of immense naturalbeauty, withincredible parklands, open spaces and waterways within its landscape

 a place wherepeople are custodians and wholeheartedly embrace andcarefor open space and parklands

 cool, connected and community-focused thoughthe Greater Sydney Green and Blue Grid

 a city where openspaces and parklands are accessible, meaningful and sustainable, reflecting the stories of the city’s ancient and recent past, and enhancing unique landscapes for storiesyet to be told

 a place whereopenspaces and parklands arefundamentalto everyday life, nurturing people while supporting a vibrant ecology and providing a home for a richdiversity of flora and fauna in the city and its neighbourhoods

 as much aparklandcityas it isa harbour and river city, where peopleshare access to diversetypes of open space and parklands.

Strategic directions underpinning the 50-year vision forGreater Sydney’s open space and parklands are:

 Growing a city of parks for people

 Connecting neighbourhoods toparks

 Keeping Sydney greenand captivating

 Being smart and resilient.