Expressions of interest are now open to join working groups in Strathbogie and Violet Town to work on the town’s streetscape plans.
Council has been working hard to create streetscape plans to improve the commercial vitality of our main streets by delivering infrastructure improvements.
Following extensive community engagement, the draft concept plans achieved strong satisfaction ratings in Avenel, Euroa and Longwood however, feedback in Strathbogie and Violet Town was that we needed to do more work.
At the April 2022 Council meeting Council endorsed the formation of working groups to develop further draft designs for Strathbogie and Violet Town with a Terms of Reference for a working group to:
- ensure community input into the next Draft Streetscape Plan for Strathbogie and Violet Town
- capture local knowledge, issues, and opportunities and
- plan a draft streetscape design with the Council appointed designer
The working group will:
- provide an opportunity for the community to work with the Council appointed designer to develop a further draft streetscape plan for community consultation
- share local knowledge between key community groups and Council
- test ideas and approaches and act as a sounding board in relation to the draft streetscape plan
- enable members to act as advocates or ambassadors for their community groups and to share draft designs and encourage constructive community input
- provide independent, honest and constructive comment in relation to ideas and plans, and
- encourage the development of a collegiate and cooperative relationship between Council and community to create a supported streetscape plan.
We are looking for people with different perspectives and interests across the community to join our working groups. Most importantly we’re looking for group members who foster collaboration and encourage constructive community input.
To learn more, or put in an EOI, go to www.share.strathbogie.vic.gov.au and click on the streetscape project. The EOI period closes on Friday August 26.
