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Draft 2020 Community Plan Available for your Comments

admin — 2010-07-27 13:08:54 +1000

After an extensive consultation period the Cessnock Community Plan 2020 is now available in Draft form for your comments. Click here to view the full plan. Individual sections of the plan are also available in the library on this page.

We have set up an online discussion forum to allow you to comment on the draft. To visit the forum please click here.

As well as the online forum you can also comment by making a formal submission or by attending one of our information sessions.

How did we get to this Draft Plan?

admin — 2010-07-27 12:44:57 +1000

Council has undertaken a comprehensive period of consultation to get the community's input to the Draft Communtiy Plan 2020. There have been a series of workshops and debates, the results of which are in the library on this page. There were also a series of online forums which can also be viewed in the library.

A new forum has been opened to allow comments to be made on the draft and a new round of communtiy information sessions has been scheduled. Click here for details of the community information sessions.

Your thoughts about the plan

admin — 2010-07-27 11:44:35 +1000

We are interested to know any other views you have on the Community Plan.

Measuring our Progress

admin — 2010-07-27 11:41:47 +1000

So you think that the performance indicators chosen to monitor progress are appropriate?

Responsibilities and Support

admin — 2010-07-27 11:40:35 +1000

Do you feel that the responisibility and support roles outlined in the draft plan are appropriate?

Objectives and Strategies

admin — 2010-07-27 11:39:41 +1000

Do the objectives and strategies listed under each key direction sufficiently address the issues and challenges outlined?

Key Directions - Do the five key directions for the next 10 years encompass the most important areas for you?

admin — 2010-07-27 11:38:34 +1000

Community Vision - is the vision statement as outlined appropriate?

admin — 2010-07-27 11:11:35 +1000

Have your say in our open forum!

admin — 2010-03-22 13:34:51 +1100

Welcome to our open forum! In this forum we invite you to raise the issues you want to discuss, we invite you to tell us why the issue is important and what you see as the potential solution.

Drawing 2020

project coordinator — 2010-03-11 14:22:56 +1100

Sometimes the imagination of young people can produce the most outstanding results.

This was evident when Cessnock City Council invited local primary school students to participate in its Drawing 2020 competition. The students were asked to draw what they would like the Cessnock LGA to look like in the year 2020. More than 50 drawings were submitted and all had a story to tell.

"Lolly and toy shops featured heavily but so too did solar panels, skate and recreation parks, water features including waterfalls and beaches, as well as trees and lots of blue sky," Mayor Councillor Alison Davey explained. "The drawings were imaginative but well considered at the same time. The judging panel found it very difficult to come to their final decisions."

Two students from Weston Public School and one from St Patrick's Cessnock were awarded $100 each and presented with a certificate by Mayor Davey this morning.

Have a look at their creations in the Image Gallery.

Cessnock 2020 Community and Stakeholder workshops

project coordinator — 2010-03-10 16:08:37 +1100

Community and stakeholder workshops across the Cessnock local government area are providing an opportunity for members of the community to contribute directly to the development of the Cessnock 2020 Community Plan.

Participants at each of the workshops are provided with a summary of the discussions and the work undertaken at their workshop.

These summaries are Posted here under library and have also been posted on the Cessnock City Council website so that everyone in the community has an opportunity to see the topics being discussed and the ideas that are being shared at workshops right across the area.

The workshop summaries are being compiled by the independent consultants who are facilitating the workshops and will be available within a week of each workshop taking place.

Why should you contribute?

project coordinator — 2010-02-26 13:33:12 +1100

Over the past few years the Cessnock community has made many significant contributions to the preparation of a broad range of planning documents. You have told us what is important and what could be improved in your area. This input and information has not been lost, rather it has informed Position Papers around five broad themes which are available to view on this website . This will be used as the starting point for consultation on the Cessnock 2020 Community Plan.

Your thoughts and suggestions are needed to identify the major challenges and issues confronting Cessnock over the next 10 years. We also want to know any suggested strategies that may help address those major challenges.

Detailed here are the dates of the interactive community workshops which have been organised for eight locations across the local government area. We would be very pleased if you would come to the workshops and let us know what is important to you for the future of the Cessnock LGA.

6pm Wednesday 3 March 2010:

Cessnock Performing Arts Centre, Vincent Street, Cessnock

7pm Thursday 4 March 2010:

Weston Civic Centre, Station Street, Weston

6pm Tuesday 9 March 2010:

Pokolbin Community Hall, McDonald’s Road, Pokolbin

6pm Thursday 11 March 2010:

McAuley Centre, Station Street, Branxton

10am Saturday 13 March 2010:

Wollombi Community Hall, Maitland Road, Wollombi

6pm Tuesday 16 March 2010:

Kurri Kurri Community Centre, Lang Street, Kurri Kurri

6pm Wednesday 17 March 2010:

Mulbring Community Hall, Stone Street, Mulbring

6pm Thursday 18 March 2010:

Millfield Community Hall, Crawford Avenue, Millfield

Debate: "We should let the future of Cessnock look after itself"

project coordinator — 2010-02-17 14:28:28 +1100

"We should let the future of Cessnock look after itself"

Tuesday 23 February, 7pm
Cessnock Community Performing Arts Centre

Debated by
Brian Andrews OAM, Historian and curator
Jakeob Brown, University student
Deb Dacey, Barkuma Neighbourhood Centre
Michael Hope, Hope Estate
Emma Kirk, Miss Cessnock
Brian McGuigan AM, Vigneron

Moderated by
Dr Bernie Curran

Entry is free