Momentum builds for new youth precinct

INVERLEIGH resident Jack Stones is the proud new owner of a Trek mountain bike after winning the Inverleigh Youth Precinct Vision Competition.

The competition, supported by the Federal Member for Corangamite, Libby Coker, asked young people in the area to provide their own ideas of what a proposed youth precinct at Inverleigh might constitute.

The Inverleigh Youth Precinct is the brainchild of the Inverleigh Progress Association, which has called for the construction of three new youth facilities for residents between the ages of 12 and 20 – an asphalt BMX pump track, a skatepark, and a full-sized basketball court, all in the in the area adjacent to the existing Inverleigh Playspace.

The Progress Association has also called for additional parking in the surrounds, connecting concrete paths with full disability access, a shelter with picnic tables, additional seating, and landscaping that links to the existing playground.

“Young people in Inverleigh are passionate about having a place to connect, ride bikes, skateboard, play sport and just come together,” Ms Coker said.

“That’s why I backed a competition seeking concepts and ideas from the young people of Inverleigh of what a youth precinct in their town should look like.

“It was an impressive entry by Jack Stones which got the judges’ eye.”

“The standard of entries was so high that I also presented highly commended certificates to Manon Guijt, Harry Weiler and Jasper Willoughby. Well done to everyone who entered.”

Young locals who would like to follow the progress of the proposed precinct are invited to join the Progress Association’s Inverleigh Youth and Support Group on Facebook via bit.ly/3Fb4iNz.