Imagine if Campbelltown’s Queen St looked like Zetland’s East Village or the central business precinct at Rhodes.

Campbelltown Mayor George Brticevic says that’s the vision for the future and it is likely to happen soon.

A delegation of councillors and staff will attend the International Cities, Town Centre and Communities Society’s Mainstreet Conference in Melbourne next month to seek new ideas for Queen St. Cr Brticevic said Campbelltown’s CBD was set for radical change in coming years.

“Queen St will be totally different in five to 10 years’ time,” he said. “There’ll be a lot more restaurants and community spaces.

“Campbelltown RSL is planning to build a new club and hotel with a shopfront facing Queen St, which will help drive foot traffic through local businesses.

“The Oscars Hotels Group have ideas with the Court Tavern and surrounding precinct.”

He said the vision for Queen St would be to establish a similar precinct to Zetland or Rhodes.

“If you look at those places, they have beautiful green open space and plenty of cafes and restaurants, with residential apartments very close by,” Cr Brticevic said.

He said although people baulked at the mention of highrise, at an appropriate height, medium- or high-density housing would help revitalise Queen St.

“People have to live somewhere and a lot of people are looking for affordable accommodation, such as young couples or empty nesters looking to downsize,” he said.

“It will be close to public transport, so people can use the train station to get to work, and because you will have shops and cafes, people will be using their cars less.”