Phone: +61 3 9650 0080 or email: info@villagewell.org

Our Story

Established in 1992, Village Well grew from the eclectic community owned and managed Ross House in Flinders Lane, Melbourne, a place that has inspired many social and community enterprises. Village Well is now Australia’s leading creative placemaking consultancy, inspiring the search for renewed meaning, purpose and pride in places.

For over two decades, Village Well has refined and developed unique processes of analysis, engagement, innovation, research and project management, tapping into community potential to discover the DNA of a place that informs its future development and use.

Village Well’s team has many years of experience in urban planning, design and development, community engagement and place management. We assist our clients, partners and communities in understanding the potential of places, to develop and share a vision, to plan and deliver outcomes ‘on the ground’ and to achieve and celebrate success.

Village-Well-Our-Approach-Melbourne-Laneways

Time for a new story…

Around the world, enlightened people from our communities, governments and businesses are in search of new measures of progress and the common good through a shared, meaningful dialogue.

This is a dialogue striving to introduce a way of thinking that enables adaptable, intelligent and resilient communities, increasing the capacities of stakeholders to engage with the ‘big’ issues of the future. 

Placemaking is part of this new story, inspiring, envisaging, facilitating, making and managing resilient, sustainable and connected places that enrich the lives of our communities, local businesses and governments.