PUBLIC play amenities at Warrenheip are set to see a massive expansion with backing from te State Government’s Tiny Towns grants program.<\/p>\n
Following an application by the Committee 4 Warrenheip, $50,000 from the funding scheme will be utilised to develop a dedicated play space at the town’s recreation reserve.<\/p>\n
Committee for Warrenheip member Kelly Bevan said a public play space is a much-needed asset for the community.<\/p>\n
“We don’t have any play equipment for children in Warrenheip except for two tyre swings which are the closest things here,” she said.<\/p>\n
“In terms of community impact, it’s pretty high. We have lots of young children in the area that don’t have anywhere to play.<\/p>\n
“It’ll be themed around Australian animals and totems and hopefully will help families to connect too, since we’re all so geographically spread out.”<\/p>\n
Expected to arrive by Christmas next year, the play space’s design will be aimed at evoking the surrounding natural landscape, featuring wood carved equipment and musical instruments.<\/p>\n
The remainder of costs will be rounded out using the Warrenheip Community Fund.<\/p>\n
Member for Eureka Michaela Settle visited the site on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n
She said the Tiny Towns program is about supporting smaller localities otherwise missed by local council and other State Government initiatives.<\/p>\n
“We have so many of these fantastic small communities and what can make a difference in these communities is something as simple as a playground,” she said.<\/p>\n
“But they’re often not eligible for the bigger grant programs and tend not to fit in strict guidelines of programs.<\/p>\n
“When we introduced the Tiny Towns program it was about you as the community telling us what you need to make this a better place to live.<\/p>\n
“It’s about letting the community direct what they’d like for their small local community.”<\/p>\n
Warrenheip’s play space is part of the first round of Tiny Towns grants, with applications for the four-year fund’s next one to open around October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PUBLIC play amenities at Warrenheip are set to see a massive expansion with backing from te State Government’s Tiny Towns grants program. Following an application by the Committee 4 Warrenheip, $50,000 from the funding scheme will be utilised to develop a dedicated play space at the town’s recreation reserve. Committee for Warrenheip member Kelly Bevan […]<\/p>\n