JULIA SUH

Building a sense of community costs property developers and governments hundreds of thousands of dollars for each development. Paper Plain is a hyperlocal community building platform for neighbourhoods, which invites them to invest these resources differently, in a more sustainable, impactful and measurable way. Paper Plain enables property developers, governments and community development organisations to optimise their investment in community spaces, programs and engagement through coordination, measurement and analysis; and enables residents to cultivate community leadership.

Paper Plain is a property tech startup backed by BlueChilli and Stockland that responds to its Stockland Accelerator brief “How can we create thriving communities with better health, wellbeing and productivity outcomes?” It is one of 10 startups selected out of 500+ applicants to develop the idea and MVP by mid-2019.

Small Shift was a social enterprise that trained and inspired communities to create beautiful, meaningful and unique public spaces in their neighbourhood. Small Shift focused on:

1. Consulting: strategic placemaking, activation and community engagement services through the lens of social inclusion for the property industry, community housing providers and government.
2. Delivering DIO (Do-It-Ourselves) activation projects: supporting locals to re-imagine and create their shared spaces together in their neighbourhood as a vehicle to build community resilience and social trust; and creating employment pathways for people facing barriers to employment.