Hub’s signs to inform and connect neighbours

A SIGNAGE project from the Ross Creek – Smythes Creek Community Coordinators is aiming to draw nearby residents to their closest hub.

A series of signs will be designed to introduce locals to the Ross Creek Recreation Reserve precinct, and give them a sense of ownership over it.

Welcome boards will talk about the reserve and available facilities, custodian contacts and what’s on, distance markers and arrows around the walking track will guide those exercising in the wetlands, and signs along the boardwalk will share information about Landcare, native flora and fauna.

Community coordinator, Suzanne Ryan-Evers said there are about 2000 people living in the rural area, and feedback has suggested many of these neighbours want to feel more connected to their community.

“The Ross Creek hub sits next to the primary school, with the Recreation Reserve, oval, community hall and a lovely nature walk Landcare have developed, but it’s not a place people feel immediately connected to at the moment,” she said.

“People love the rural lifestyle and living out in the bush, but they would love to know their neighbours more. They are hungry for community connectedness.

“Everything at the reserve is underutilised, so we’re trying to encourage people to use the hall for events, use the walking track for health and fitness, come along and watch cricket or tennis on the weekend… and meet people that way.”

The Community Coordinators are working with Ross Creek Recreation Reserve Committee and Ross Creek Landcare to create the signs, and have received a $3075 grant from the Shire to get them up.