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Looking After the Community
This section considers Wollondilly's demography, cultural life and the provision of human services
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Section 2 Community - Community Strategic Plan (699.009 KB)
Comment 1 28 May 2008, 12:51 PM
What a detailed Community we have in this section of the C.S.Plan. Worth the read and certainly worth a brief (?) response.
In supporting this section , I must stress, that Council must learn FAST how to engage with ITS community EFFECTIVELY. (This equally stressed to Councillors now and future) Too often I read in this section, comments made by so many people, many times before. AND why has NO ONE LISTENED before ?
GREAT opportunities exist for Cultural Heritage linkages, linking Aboriginal and non Aboriginal in Land Culture... through Cultural Mapping (old photos, drawings, stories, music etc) to how we are, more…
Comment 2 2 Jun 2008, 3:38 PM
A very detailed summary indeed. This section brings some quite worrying figures but also suggestions at some ways to combat these. The lower tertiary and university trained students in our area as well as the lower percentage of those aged 18-24 in our shire makes clear what many have been saying for a long time. We are loosing our young out of the shire. Coupled with the 38% of our shire who are couples with children less than 15 years old this is alarming to say the least.
I like many others was forced to travel out of the shire to more…
Comment 2.1 7 Jun 2008, 11:03 AM
Dont agree with you about call centres BennBanasik. These are miserable employers who can plug in and out to follow the incentives around the world. Thy do little to build skills and pay pittances. I would rather see indutries that develop and leave behind skills that can enrich the community.
Completely agree about the arts scene.
Not sure about the youth retention issue. All regional communities go through this but the bottom line is, if I was 20 and single I would live in the city. We cant compete with what it has to offer. What we have is a different lifestyle. I think if we are smart we will provide opportunities and lifestyle to attract those same kids back when they are about 35 and needing to raise a family. That way we get highly skilled people and we dont compete where we have little hope.
Comment 3 15 Jun 2008, 8:32 PM
Page 16 of the plan states..."A significant infl ux of new residents accustomed to city-style behaviour, services and facilities risks a rising sense of disconnection between residents, regardless of their links through family, schools or churches. Tomanage this risk and retain a vigorous village and town life, Wollondilly needs to implement coherent strategies to ensure that the distinctive characteristics of its towns and villages and their community life are retained." This sounds suspiciously suspicious, parochial and dare I say it "rural" to me! What about the opportunities that come with new blood and the life lessons, enthusiasm and dare I say it MONEY that those cityfolk bring to the Shire? Wollondilly is ideally, IDEALLY, situated to offer a great "Tree Change" opportunity for Sydneysiders. Lets harness their interests, experiences, networks and capital to the benefit of the Shire.
Comment 3.1 16 Jun 2008, 6:48 PM
What about a "Welcome to Wollondilly" program for newcomers to make them feel welcome, introduce them to their new community, Council services, events, clubs and so forth. They could be asked about their interest in being involved in local non-profits at the same time.