Who We Are

A DIFFERENT KIND OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

Dantia is Lake Macquarie City’s economic development company.

We’re unique in the Australian landscape, with base funding from Government and independently and commercially governed and managed. Dantia is the thought leader that drives, represents, and delivers Lake Macquarie City’s bold vision for growth and prosperity in the region. As one of the fastest growing areas in the Hunter with more than $26b annual economic output, Lake Macquarie plays a leadership role within the Hunter region. Our economic strength is built upon our diverse landscape and natural resource base.

READY FOR GROWTH AND INVESTMENT

We’re here and ready to help your development, investment, expansion or relocation idea come to life in Lake Macquarie.

We exist to create investment and long-term employment opportunities for our growing city and region. For this reason we provide our services free of charge, working alongside you to develop strategies to ease the burden of every stage of your project.

FLEXIBLE TO YOUR NEEDS

We understand that every project is different. Your challenges and risks will be unique to your commercial opportunity, and so is the way we work with you. We will partner with you from inception through to delivery and operations – propelling your initiative forward, mitigating risks and celebrating your wins.

Our aim is to unlock the potential of our city and the broader region for your commercial opportunity, whatever that may take. We take a customised approach to our engagement throughout the life cycle of your business or project needs, with the ultimate aim of delivering an outcome that is mutually beneficial to you and the economic diversity and prosperity of the city.  

PROUD OF WHO WE ARE

Dantia was established by Lake Macquarie City Council in 2014, modelled on market-leading economic development entities in New Zealand, Europe and the United States.

Common to these highly effective entities was an operating model that was independent and provided a commercial interface for business with state and local government authorities.

Dantia is the thought leader that drives, represents and delivers Lake Macquarie City’s bold vision for growth and prosperity in the region. We benefit from being fully funded by government while also being an independent company with commercial governance and leadership. We are uniquely placed to understand the idiosyncrasies of planning processes while bringing a commercial mindset to everything we do.

Read more about our 10 year vision for shaping the economic future of our city.