Playford Alive

Playford Alive is a partnership between Renewal SA, the South Australian Housing Trust, the City of Playford and the local community.

It involves the renewal of the suburbs of Davoren Park and Smithfield Plains and more than 500 hectares of greenfield development in Andrews Farm, Munno Para and Penfield.

Throughout this community are new facilities including schools, a medical centre, railway station, wetlands and parklands, a $250 million town centre and several new outlets and community facilities.

Situated between Main North Road and the Northern Expressway, Playford Alive is also one of Adelaide’s most connected communities, supported by train and bus services including a new train station at Munno Para.

At project completion it is anticipated that there will be more than 40,000 people living in the project area.

Since the commencement of the project in 2008, Playford Alive has surpassed a number of milestones. These include:

• The opening of community facilities including three new schools, a medical centre and training facility, the Peachey Place Living Skills Centre, the refurbished John McVeity Centre, Playford Uniting Church, the Stretton Centre and Playford Library, childcare centres, a play café, restaurants, fitness centres, plus several other commercial and retail outlets
• Two new wetlands, plus new and improved parks, including the new state-of-the-art Playford Alive Town Park
• Regeneration of housing and land opportunities in Munno Para, Andrews Farm, Smithfield Plains and Davoren Park
• Since launching in 2008, the Works Program has provided more than 3,400 local people with engagement, training and work experience opportunities through Playford Alive, with over 1,250 securing paid employment to date.

We have continued to grow the Playford Alive community over the past 15 years with:

• The creation of approximately 700 residential lots in the renewal area and more than 1,600 lots in the greenfield area.
• The renovation of more than 550 public housing dwellings and the construction of almost 300 new public housing dwellings.
• A large proportion of the housing offered for sale is within the state government’s affordable price point.
• More than $200 million has been spent on civil works, including new roads and new and upgraded stormwater infrastructure.

Community and stakeholder engagement has been a key focus of the Playford Alive project, with ongoing efforts to involve local residents and stakeholders to build our Playford Alive community.

Below are some of our key initiatives that work to benefit the local community:

• The Playford Alive Initiatives Fund (PAIF) which offers grants to support projects that enhance the social, economic, and environmental wellbeing of the local community. With help from its partners - Renewal SA, The City of Playford and SA Housing Trust - the Playford Alive Initiatives Fund has distributed close to $837,000 towards projects that are beneficial to the community since 2009.
• The Local Heroes Awards recognises the achievements of students with a focus on community building, growth and academia in the Playford Alive
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• Playford Alive is proud to sponsor programs and events which promote social inclusion and community building. In 2024 we continued our sponsorship of the Skatelight Program, which is delivered by the City of Playford in conjunction with Hope Street and Streetlight. The program engages young skate park users from Munno Para and Elizabeth to co-design youth-led social support programs to promote social inclusion and positive physical and mental wellbeing incorporating free food and fun.