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This is an unfinished page, when done it is for various departments and not for profits who have over the years shown interest in Digger Street.  It's unique approach to retrofitting existing housing stock to match community needs, Digger Street can be repeated anywhere, it is for now a living an example on how a neighborhood can do it differently and draws your attention to the possibilities of New Urbanism.

As recently describes as a Resident Runs Initiative - RRI, Digger Street demonstrates to various not for profit service providers a methodology that is not only in the best interests of the residents, it is a course that enables cost savings in a number of innovative ways.

***Pllease note Digger Street in Cairns does not specialise in the following, our specialty is the process itself and our intent is our art.***

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Behavioural boundaries need to be considered, the Digger Model is not for everyone

Digger Street has a few observations to share, one of them is we go to the behaviour, not the person which is invited to surface at weekly resident meetings and dealt with as something applicable to all residents. This is usually enough for the majority of people, however there are some that just do not get it and whether this is deliberate or not, just one person can do a great deal of damage to community harmony.

So RRI's are not for disruptive residents. The Digger Model is better seen as a 3/4 way house, as a soft intervention into peoples lives, they have to want to be part of the process otherwise the other residents will simply ask them to leave.

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Some givens about DIgger

* Diminishes social isolation

* Centralised Food Prep with higher quality meals

Some Models that will be outlined in more detail over the coming weeks will be

Student

* Supportive study environment

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Homeless

* The ability to have a place that allows rough sleepers a safe place to sleep

* Empowers residents to develop the skillsets needed to be self sustaining in a very supportive environment

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Elderly

* Empowers residents to maintain the skillsets needed to be as self sustaining as possible

* A very supportive environment where

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Single and young parents

* Shared parenting

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