As the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games draw to a close, marking a turning point for the Gold Coast, Griffith University’s leading cities expert says Australia’s emerging global city will ‘grow greater’ by staying true to its uniqueness, even as its persona constantly evolves.
Cities Research Institute Director Professor Paul Burton predicted the Gold Coast would move beyond being a ‘moody teenager’ and urged an end to comparisons and copy-catting, in favour of the leading coastal city maturing into its own skin.
Joining Jesse Judd, the Director of ARM Architecture, at a Destination Gold Coast “Then and Now” breakfast and media event, Professor Burton said the Gold Coast needed to harness the positive optimism the city is known for, and give up on some of its earlier mood swings.
“Maybe it means growing out of some of the less attractive traits of adolescence: the unpredictable mood swings, the pains associated with very rapid