A New Focus on
Byron Arts & Industry
A new and exciting line up of projects and
events has been announced by Byron Arts &
Industry Focus (BAI Focus), the new group
formed to represent businesses within the
thriving Byron Arts & Industry Estate. The
fi rst initiative is to rename it the Byron Arts
& Industry Park (BAIP), which will be tagged
with, ‘Uniquely Byron’. A new campaign to
promote the BAIP will commence
immediately to bring the community, that
accounts for almost one third of Byron Bay’s
businesses into focus.
“With over 300 businesses here in the
Byron Arts & Industry Park alone, we have a
huge pool of talent and resources and a
strong will to move forward with our
objectives”, says BAI Focus Chairman, Sean
Mahoney.
“Our mission objective is simple, and that is
to be a community voice where none has
existed before. We will initiate schemes and
promote the Byron Arts & Industry Park for
the businesses here, and provide a forum
for discussion and feedback.”
For the last three years the Byron Arts &
Industry Estate has had a Pocket Guide. BAI
Focus plans to expand the Pocket Guide as
well as advertise the immense diversity of
shopping and services within the BAIP. The
Pocket Guide is available throughout the
BAIP and at the Visitors Centre in Byron or
check out www.byronindustrial.com.au.
It is the diversity of enterprise in these few
acres that really sets Byron Arts & Industry
Park apart from other ‘industrial zones’.
Where else can you shop at some of the
shire’s most innovative outlets while you get
your car fi xed? You can buy your groceries, a
work of art, solar panels, designer fashions,
jewellery and crystals, the latest in interior
design, a broad range of surf boards &
accessories, a cube of road-base, and
re-gyprock your castle without having to
leave the area. There’s ample free parking
right next to the places you need to visit,
kid’s playzones, technicians, mechanics, and
engineers of every sort, and even a fl ying
trapeze! There are excellent cafes and
bakeries to grab a bite or get a coffee. You
can even fi nish the afternoon with a visit to
the hairdressers and a session at the gym.
Now that’s diversity!
Among the host of projects now underway
are new branding and signage, transport to
and from the BAIP, electric bicycle rental
while you are there, artist and fashion trails,
special events including markets, street
fairs, extended opening hours, and late night
shopping, and advertising in areas outside
the shire to bring more visitors to Byron Bay
in general.
BAI Focus is now taking membership and
sponsorship and initially targeting signage
and beautifi cation so any donations will be
gratefully accepted.
and/or businesses in the BAIP and is $30/
year plus an optional donation.
and is also $30/year plus an optional
donation.
Those interested in becoming a member can
contact BAI Focus at membership@baifocus.
org.
Sponsorship pledges can be made to
sponsorship@baifocus.org
A General Meeting to raise and discuss new
ideas on Wednesday 3rd September and will
be held upstairs at Byron Creative, 18
Centennial Circuit, opposite Byron
Entertainment Centre.
A blog has been set up for comments and
suggestions at www.baifocus.org
