The Lismore City Council is accepting expressions of interest until the end of the month for the future use of the former Lismore Greyhound Racetrack site at 1 Molesworth Street.
Community organisations, not-for-profits, businesses, industry groups and other interested parties are invited to submit innovative, sustainable and flood-aware proposals.
The council says projects must deliver community benefit, economic stimulus or strategic value for Lismore and that the EOI process is designed to test market and community interest and inform a future council report.
The track has been closed since the 2022 floods.
Racing NSW says the venue is deemed no longer viable for racing owing to flood damage and high reinstatement costs.
The agency formally recently gave the land and infrastructure to the Lismore City Council, where councillors resolved to accept the former track as a gift, subject to appropriate due diligence, at their first meeting for the year in February.
The land is to be classified as Operational land under the Local Government Act,which the council says provides greater flexibility in relation to leasing, licensing, development or potential future disposal, compared with Community land classification.
Successful proponents are to receive the site “as is”.
EOIs must be submitted by 30 March via the Lismore City Council’s Your Say online portal.
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