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- Athens hosted the Olympics,
- The Asian Tsunami ended the year,
- There was no iPhone yet,
2004 is the last time Moreland City Council reviewed its Open Space Strategy.
Until now, that is!
What is this strategy?
Council describes this strategy as one that:
"sets Council a cohesive direction for the future provision, planning, design and management of publicly owned open space that is set aside for leisure, recreation and nature conservation purposes.
The main aim is to preserve and enhance its environmental values and provide for future community needs."Amongst other things, this strategy guides how council will approach use of council open space for such things as community gardens and urban agriculture as well as things like street planting, distribution of open space etc.
Community Consultation open!
Council is currently reviewing this strategy and between November 14th and December 25th 2011, they are seeking community input.
Community? That's us!
Download a copy of the draft Moreland Open Space Strategy and have a read.
Sure, Council strategy documents may not be your reading matter of choice but hopefully you'll agree with us when we say it's important. This is how we exercise our community muscle to influence the direction of Council's strategy.
Need examples of how people in Moreland make a difference? Here are a few:
- Friends of Edgars Creek succeeded in securing the Edgars Creek parkland as crown land,
- Friends of Coburg Olympic Pool succeeded in having Council reopen and repair the Coburg Olympic Pool.
- Parents around Coburg have been campaigning to have an open entry high school in Coburg and may finally be seeing light at the end of the tunnel.
So, once you've read it, what next?
There are several ways you can contribute to this process:
- Fill out the online survey,
- Print out the survey and post it,
- Fill in a copy of the survey at one of Moreland's libraries,
- Email Open Space Planner and Design Officer - Clare Johnston
- Post a letter to Operations Centre, Locked Bag 10 Moreland, 3058.
- You can even add comments to this post!