The Empty Spaces Project is funded by Arts NSW and promotes 'pop-up', short-term reuses of empty shops and other spaces for creative and community uses.

This site provides tools that will assist community leaders, entrepreneurs and creative thinkers to set up an 'empty space' initiative in their local community and encourages landlords and local governments to support local creative enterprises and community activities. Here you will find:

culturemap is an online social network for people interested in sharing ideas about cultural planning and research and creative enterprise development.

Members can interact with colleagues from Australia and internationally by blogging, participating in interest groups and webinars, posting news or events, hosting private meetings in online workrooms and searching for expertise amongst other members.