What's Happening in Box Hill South, VIC…

Box Hill South residents will be greeted with a number of eye-catching new features when next they visit Houston Shopping Centre.

The subject of a recent facelift, the centre now offers new picnic seating, flowering trees and a fascinating display of information about the area’s local history.

The work undertaken is certain to add even more colour and spectacle to future marketing campaigns. Typically campaigns such as these may make use of brochure printing amongst other printed materials.

Tina Liu, Whitehorse City Councillor, said the Middleborough Road shopping strip has been upgraded to include new signage and pavements. She said:

“This is the latest in a list of shopping districts in the City of Whitehorse to receive facelifts, improving accessibility, appeal and facilities.”

The pavements are unique in that they include steel bands that host passages from a poem written about the site in 1934.

Cr Liu added that the latest renovation not only beautifies the environment but also creates an enjoyable shopping experience for all visitors to Houston.

The inclusion of local history in the new upgrade is a fitting tribute to an area which has been an important artist hub since the late 1800s.

The centre itself is surrounded by land that was frequented by many notable artists from the old Heidelberg School such as Jane Sutherland, Frederick McCubbin and Arthur Streeton.

Local history accounts often referred to the school’s art camps held on the farming property of David Houston, after whom the shopping area was named.