AN updated community plan for one of the region\u2019s towns is closer to completion following a public meeting held last week.<\/p>\n
Members of the Shelford Progress Association held their fifth meeting focusing on the plan\u2019s development, with individuals and organisation representatives invited to help shape the document.<\/p>\n
With work on the plan having started about six months ago, SPA secretary and treasurer Glenn Jeffery said the event was key for the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was important to have that discussion on where we\u2019re up to in the planning process and to get project updates as people gather information on what their projects will look like,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was an update on what those projects will be that will likely go in the document, what barriers there are and the costs they\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had people from the recreation reserve, the hall committee and the cricket club and the Duck Race which is our biggest event.<\/p>\n
\u201cCost was definitely a barrier that was brought. Some of these things have a high price tag so it was about how do we get to that?\u201d<\/p>\n
SPA\u2019s previous Shelford Community Plan saw a redeveloped and centralised postal hub for the town courtesy of Australia Post, as well as the establishment of a community garden and basketball court.<\/p>\n
The finalised document is set to be presented to Golden Plains Shire council at a meeting in the second half of 2023.<\/p>\n
Mr Jeffery said public input is \u201cvital\u201d to shaping their community plan.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve got their opportunity to throw ideas in and once an idea\u2019s there, people can pick it up and what they can to progress it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d like to think at the end of this, we\u2019ll have a document that\u2019s representative of what the community has said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWorks on our public hall, playgrounds, roads and what we call the common which is a stretch of Crown land along the river, and the cricket club, are probably our priority projects for the plan.\u201d<\/p>\n
The next open meeting is set for Wednesday, 10 May from 7pm at the Shelford Recreation Reserve with Golden Plains Shire facilitator Jenny Holliday representing the municipality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
AN updated community plan for one of the region\u2019s towns is closer to completion following a public meeting held last week. Members of the Shelford Progress Association held their fifth meeting focusing on the plan\u2019s development, with individuals and organisation representatives invited to help shape the document. With work on the plan having started about […]<\/p>\n