Docklands – the cycling Hub of the world
International cycling attention focuses on Melbourne and Geelong next month with the world championships which have been organised right here in Docklands.
Since before Christmas, Mike Palmer and a steadily-growing team have been working to organise the event from upstairs at Docklands’ community centre, The Hub.
By the time the Road World Championships start on September 29, the number of staff working on the event will have grown to about 80, not all based in Docklands.
Mr Palmer said his core crew of eight full-time staff at Docklands each had a contracted company reporting to them, which gave the organisation great human resource flexibility.
An embryonic team was based in the CBD until late last year, when it moved to The Hub at the invitation...
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