Artist’s impression of Castle Towers after development
The Hills are set for massive change, in lots of ways.
The train line, so long promised, is being built. The forecast is for 100 000 people to be moving in in the next 20 years or so.
And one of the stations will be down the road from the church where I serve, St Paul’s Castle Hill. Literally down the road – less than 1km away. It will incorporated into a massive redevelopment of Castle Towers, a shopping centre that is already huge.
This story, from today’s local paper, states that the completed redevelopment will mean a floor space of 173,683 sq m., and bring an estimated 2500 extra jobs into the region.
The redeveloped Castle Towers from Old Northern Rd.
The challenge before us a church is thinking into the future – what do all of these developments mean for St Paul’s? And how can we make the most of them for the future? We are working hard at these questions right now.
In Anticipation 