Episode 107: How Kris Spann is reimagining Australia's public retail spaces

<p>The People Parkers recycled plastic mobile parklet facilitates the rapid, sustainable and considered reimagining of car parking spaces and roadways into temporary outdoor dining quarters. <br/><br/>Roadways are public space and this product is a tactical mechanism to temporarily relocate this space and inform options for long term changes of use.</p><p> In 2015 People Parkers was born out of Glebe Point Road Trial Parklet Program which was a case study of how parklets could be used to improve amenity, community and business outcomes along Glebe point road. </p><p>The aim was to provide a suite of products that could be employed anywhere to demonstrate how a street could be more than a place to park a vehicle which is and will be an essential question as we progress to car-share and shared autonomous vehicles in the future.<br/><br/>We talk to Kris Spann, president of the Glebe Chamber of Commerce, winner of the NSW Business Chamber Young Entrepreneur of the Year award and founder of People Parkers, who we&apos;ve dubbed the &apos;Banksy of Australia&apos;s public retail spaces&apos; for his amazing work in the congested streets of Sydney&apos;s inner-west.<br/><br/><em>This podcast was brought to you in association with </em><a href='https://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/suppliers/stormtech'><em>Stormtech</em></a><em>  proud sponsors of our 2022 Commercial series of podcasts.</em><br/><br/><br/></p>