Responsibilities: Creative venues and facilities including Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns Performing Arts Centre, Munro Martin Parklands and Cairns Gallery Precinct; arts and cultural development including the Culture and the Arts 2022 and the associated online tool Arts and Culture Map, Regional Arts Development Fund and Cairns Festival; delivery of sport, recreation and leisure facilities and services including caravan parks, camping grounds, swimming pools, footpaths, cycleways, Cairns Botanic Gardens and Sugarworld Parklands, volunteers program Green Space Our Place; management of Cairns Esplanade, Munro Martin Park; provision of library services; community development services focussed on multicultural, youth access and inclusion and the First People’s Advisory Committee.
Community Development branch
Manager, Mr Brett Spencer
Responsible for:
Parks: public usage, planning and improvements, Sugarworld, playgrounds, dog agility areas
Recreation: public usage, paths, cycleways, walking trails, beach lifeguard service, campgrounds, public swimming pools, recreation centres
Community Services: Hambledon House, Men's Sheds, community service providers
Sport: club development, sports facilities, Barlow Park, sporting precincts
Natural areas: Cattana Wetlands, Sugarworld Gardens, community gardens, Green Space Our Place program
Esplanade: public usage, Lagoon, Muddy's Playground, skate park precinct, volleyball and multi-court area, event bookings
Libraries: public usage, programs, events, facilities
Cultural Services branch
Manager, Mr Stephen Foster
Responsible for:
Creative venues and facilities: Tanks Arts Centre, Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre, Munro Martin Parklands, Cairns Performing Arts Centre (in development) and Cairns Gallery Precinct (in development)
Implementation of the Cultural Plan
Community partnerships
Management of RADF and Cultural Infrastructure Grants
