To people amid a leafy covered area with street furniture 

Council has allocated $7.5m in funding for our main street revitalisation projects. This is around $1.5m for each ward.

In 2023, businesses and the community were invited to pitch ideas to make their main street more attractive, with 73 ideas submitted.

Ideas have been categorised into four broad project areas.

Learn more about these projects below:  

Heritage Pub Trail plaques 

Heritage Pub Trail Plaques at Balmain & Rozelle have been installed. The plaques include a QR Code that takes people to a map of all the heritage pubs trail guide.

This project invites people to rediscover our heritage pub scheme. See examples below:

A bronze plaque in the footbath outside the Merton Hotel
Merton Hotel footpath plaque

Footpath plaque outsite Dry Dock Hotel
Dry Dock Hotel footpath plaque

A bronze footpath plaque with a QR code reads "Three Weeds Hotel"
Three Weeds Hotel footpath plaque

Enmore Road Walk of Fame

In August we unveiled the first in a series of footpath plaques on the Enmore Road Walk of Fame.

The plaque commemorates the Bangarra Dance Theatre who launched their first National tour from the Enmore Theatre in 1994.

The remaining plaques are up to you! A Your Say page is currently open for nominations of who you think deserves to be commemorated on the Walk of Fame.

Link to Council's Your Say page below

External linkNominate on Your Say Inner West page here

New 'mini plazas' populated with inviting street furniture and plants will provide a place for people to enjoy the main streets with friends.

Recently the team met with one local business in Hercules Street Ashfield to share project design plans.

Two people smiling, one holds printed plans of streetscape designs

Tables on a street with green plants in the background
BEFORE		 an image of street with outdoor furniture and a red car
AFTER 

 

Orange sign nestled in green plants reads "These works are part of Council's Main Streets Revitalisation program"

These table settings are an example of street furniture installations in Hercules St, Ashfield. They are designed to offer a place to relax and enjoy something to eat while socialising. The design will be wheelchair friendly.

An image of planter box, table and seating

Other completed street furniture in Dulwich Hill and Stanmore features seat and table settings, along with decorative seat and planter installations.

an image of street with outdoor chairs and tables in front of a pizza shop
Marrickville Rd, Dulwich Hill

 an image of outdoor verge, seat and table
Percival Rd, Stanmore 

Staff have been busy working on new verge greening with 10 sites now completed. See example before and after photos below.

Over the coming months these plants will mature and uplift our streetscapes. 

Side by side photos in a square showing a grey concrete footpath on the left and footpath planting on the right. Captions reading 'Before and After' are superimposed over the images
Before and after: Cnr New Canterbury Rd and Herbert St 

Stacked photos in a square showing a grey concrete footpath on the left and footpath planting on the right. Captions reading 'Before and After' are superimposed over the images
Before and after: Cnr Marrickville Rd and Wardell Rd

an image of outdoor planter box along a walkway
Custom planter boxes and seating decorated with Aboriginal artwork will be another statement piece used to enhance main street areas. The above example has been completed in Brown Street, Ashfield.

Loyalty Square Balmain Improvement Works

Inner West Council is developing a new plan for the revitalisation of Loyalty Square in Balmain. Loyalty Square is the place where we commemorate our fallen soldiers each ANZAC Day, as well as the site of the first War Memorial in Australia to be built with funds raised by the community.

The Square is at the heart of historic Balmain and needs to be improved as a space that the whole community can enjoy.

Link to Your Say Project Page

External linkClick to Your Say Inner West page

London and Simmons Streets, Enmore

Inner West Council will soon temporarily pedestrianise sections of London and Simmons Streets in Enmore, transforming them into vibrant street plazas from December 2025.

This exciting six-month trial is part of Council's main Street Revitalisation program, which aims to reimagine both London and Simmons Streets and transform them into spaces where the community can sit, chat and enjoy local businesses.

External linkClick to view London and Simmons Streets Project

If you have any questions about this program, please contact economicdevelopmentteam@innerwest.nsw.gov.au

Learn more about how the program was developed on Council's Your Say website.

Page last updated: 02 Dec 2025