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Love heart mowed into lawn at Victoria Square to welcome people back into CBD

As COVID-19 restrictions ease, a giant heart has appeared in the lawn at Victoria Square, to welcome visitors who are slowly returning to the CBD. If you have a suggestion of how to help the city recover, Adelaide City Council wants to hear about it.

A love heart has been mowed into the grass in Victoria Square to welcome back people into the city. Picture: Adelaide City Council
A love heart has been mowed into the grass in Victoria Square to welcome back people into the city. Picture: Adelaide City Council

Spreading the love is at the heart of an Adelaide City Council move to welcome people back into the CBD.

The council today mowed a large heart into the lawn in Victoria Square, as part of its plan to help the city recover from COVID-19.

“Being able to spend more time in our beautiful parklands has been a silver lining of COVID-19,” Lord Mayor Ms Verschoor said.

“So we loved the idea of sending a big green hug to our community as we start to welcome more people back into the city.”

As part of the recovery process, the council wants people to share their ideas to help the city and North Adelaide “reimagine and recover” from the social and economic impacts of COVID-19.

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The Advertiser reported last month the council had lost up to $30 million in income over the p ast quarter as as a result of the pandemic.

“The people of our city have faced many challenges over the last couple of months, with so much of what makes our city so unique and wonderful put on hold,” Ms Verschoor said.

“Now is the time for us to come together, to get creative and reimagine Adelaide, to reignite what’s unique about our city’s precincts, main streets and parklands.”

To share big or small community ideas visit cityofadelaide.com.au/reimagine

Submissions close on Wednesday, July 8.

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