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Hornsby Shire Council Coronation strEat

Since 1896, Coronation Street has been synonymous with food in Hornsby. This rich and delicious history has been an inspiration for the Coronation strEat precinct. Designed to create a public place to host pop-ups by day or night, food trucks, farmers markets, live music, and other activities for all to enjoy. Coronation strEat was proudly funded as part of the NSW Government’s ‘Your High Street’ Program and delivered by Hornsby Shire Council, the project re-purposed a portion of an existing car park on the corner of Coronation Street and Jersey Lane to create a plaza.

The project included a meetpat water refill station to rehydrate the public. The bottle refill station also includes a dog bowl for your four-legged friend. It’s also equipped with a dual drinking fountain, making it accessible for all (DDA compliant). This product is crowned with a tall extension kit, which lights up at low light to stand out in the crowd, at any time of the day.

Photos courtesy of Hornsby Shire Council

We are excited to be joining a global community of businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental impact.

HOW IT STARTED
meetpat is unique due to the manufacture of its products being led by two Industrial designers. Two mates who were disheartened with the environmental impacts of mainstream manufacturing practices and some of the industry design traits such as designed for obsolescence. This combined with each of them starting a family, inspired them to go out on their own and create a product that consciously focused on improvement of outcomes personally and for society and the environment. They wanted their kids to be proud of the business decisions they were making for their own and future generations.

WHY B CORP
We engaged in the B Corp certification process as the idea of joining a community of businesses already doing good and B certified gave us strength to commit and persevere, we weren’t alone in giving priority to the quadruple bottom line. We were aware of the efforts of other B Corp certified companies and this inspired us. We wanted an external certification process to verify our efforts and keep us on track for continual improvement.

B stands for Benefit for all. The B Global Network mobilizes the B Corp movement to change our economic system to positively impact all stakeholders — workers, communities, customers, and our planet

We are joining a movement of people using business as a force for good. As a B Corp, we make a commitment to consider the interests of all stakeholders in our business operations: workers, customers, communities, and the environment. A focus on all stakeholders, rather than only key shareholders. A process of continual improvement.