Byronshire is in many respects the hub of alternative living in Australia, and Byron Arts and Industry Park is its cutting edge….

Byron Arts & Industry Focus (BAI Focus) is a group representing businesses within the Byron Arts & Industry Park (BAIP). A steering committee oversees departments which focus on specific goals and objectives. Primary objectives are to raise the profile of the BAIP, to bring in more visitors, and to provide a platform for local businesses to be heard and represented locally, regionally, and nationally. BAI Focus will work independently, and alongside Byronshire Council and Byron United, to further the interests of the Byron Arts & Industry Park and the Byron Bay community at large.

The community, that accounts for almost one third of Byron Bay’s businesses, is broadly diverse. In fact it is the diversity of enterprise in these few acres that really sets Byron Arts & Industry Park apart from other ‘industrial zones’. There is a huge collection of nationally and internationally recognised businesses, and award winning artists and entrepreneurs.

Where else can you shop at some of the shire’s most innovative outlets while you get your car fixed? You can buy your groceries, a work of art, solar panels, designer fashions, jewellery and crystals, the latest in interior design, a broad range of surf boards & accessories, a cube of road-base, and re-Gyprock your castle without having to leave the area. There’s ample free parking right next to the places you need to visit, kid’s playzones, technicians, mechanics, and engineers of every sort, and even a flying trapeze! And while you’re wondering why you didn’t give yourself enough time, there are excellent cafes & bakeries to grab a bite or get a coffee. You can even finish the afternoon with a visit to the hairdressers and a session at the gym. Now that’s diversity!

Among the host of projects now underway are new branding and signage, transport to and from the BAIP, electric bicycle rental while you are there, artist and fashion trails, special events including markets, street fairs, extended opening hours, and late night shopping, and advertising in areas outside the shire to bring more visitors to Byron Bay in general.

BAI Focus on behalf of all businesses in the Byron Arts & Industry Park is also a proud supporter of the Beautiful Byron Campaign and teams are currently being formed to work on the beautification of the area.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Wed 2 July Beautiful Byron and ALL it has to offer!!


A gathering of more than 30 people representing the new and emerging unique face of the Arts and Industry Estate took place on Wednesday 2 July 2008 to discuss the possibilities of enhancing our beautiful Byron.

A general consensus is that the Arts and Industry Estate has a different set of issues from main stream shopping precincts. The plethora of skills and contacts of this vibrant group of businesses forms the beginning of a collaborative community project where every businesse’s vision of marketing themselves will be met in the beautiful array of a whole. After all isn’t that the attraction of living in such a rich and vibrant shire – a place where we can all come together and support one another?

Creative ideas emerged at the meeting that can generate an abundance of visitors to this unique business park, home of everything you can imagine from three dimensional glass sculptures and crystals to plumbing supplies and motorbike repair shops.

The unanimous cheers for a new and creative sign that displays the diversity of all the businesses that operate here is of utmost importance. The development of a gallery tour, the possibility of renaming the whole acreage to more accurately describe what is taking place in the Estate, ideas of a shuttle bus service and motorised cycling tour to help ease the burden of transport issues are to name but a few of the ideas generated by a group of willing and motivated small business owners and operators that want to add to the vibrancy of the Byron Shire uniqueness and ALL it has to offer.

Our next meeting on Wednesday 16 July 2008, 5:30pm at Byron Creative, 18 Centennial Cct, A & I Estate will get down to the nitty gritty where a steering committee will be elected and action will take place.

Please contact Samaya Zakay of Zakay Glass Creations for further information on 0414 596 326 samaya@zakayglasscreations.com

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