Community Strategic Plan - Our vision
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In 2021 and 2022, we reviewed the Community Strategic Plan and vision for Eurobodalla's future. This plan all stems from our shared community vision statement. Eurobodalla's previous vision from the 2017 Community Strategic plan was:
- "We are friendly, responsible, thriving and proud."
We wanted to know if the vision still accurately reflected the community's vision for the future. To do this, we used virtual vision boards, surveys, activities for children and young people, and activities for groups so community members could tell us what's important to them.
We incorporated this feedback into our new Community Strategic Plan - Our Eurobodalla, 2042 - which includes the updated community vision:
- "From our beaches to our bushlands, rivers and mountains... Our Eurobodalla is a place of inclusive communities embracing sustainable lifestyles. Our future balances our natural assets and thriving economy. Our community is resilient and collaborative, and this underpins all that we do."
View the community's feedback
We asked people to:
- take a look at the virtual vision boards on this page - there is one board for each theme of the previous community vision:
- add words or pictures to the boards to tell us what each theme means to you now, or what it might mean in the future.
- think of these virtual vision boards as a place to brainstorm ideas about what's important to you, your family, and community.
- add ideas that didn't quite fit under one of these themes.
- complete a short survey about what you value about life in Eurobodalla now and in the future.
The vision boards and survey are now closed, but you can still see view the ideas people suggested.
In 2021 and 2022, we reviewed the Community Strategic Plan and vision for Eurobodalla's future. This plan all stems from our shared community vision statement. Eurobodalla's previous vision from the 2017 Community Strategic plan was:
- "We are friendly, responsible, thriving and proud."
We wanted to know if the vision still accurately reflected the community's vision for the future. To do this, we used virtual vision boards, surveys, activities for children and young people, and activities for groups so community members could tell us what's important to them.
We incorporated this feedback into our new Community Strategic Plan - Our Eurobodalla, 2042 - which includes the updated community vision:
- "From our beaches to our bushlands, rivers and mountains... Our Eurobodalla is a place of inclusive communities embracing sustainable lifestyles. Our future balances our natural assets and thriving economy. Our community is resilient and collaborative, and this underpins all that we do."
View the community's feedback
We asked people to:
- take a look at the virtual vision boards on this page - there is one board for each theme of the previous community vision:
- add words or pictures to the boards to tell us what each theme means to you now, or what it might mean in the future.
- think of these virtual vision boards as a place to brainstorm ideas about what's important to you, your family, and community.
- add ideas that didn't quite fit under one of these themes.
- complete a short survey about what you value about life in Eurobodalla now and in the future.
The vision boards and survey are now closed, but you can still see view the ideas people suggested.
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Thriving
over 2 years agoCLOSED: This ideas has concluded.Upload pictures or use words to describe what a thriving community means to you.
- You can upload images, jot down single words, or go deep and detailed with your thoughts.
- You can focus on examples of a thriving community today, or what you imagine it'll look like in the future.
- If you agree with someone else's post, click the 'like' button.
Alison Wover 2 years agoEnsure everyone has access to and choice about secure housing. Invest in social housing, community housing and affordable housing.
Council can be more active in supporting Community Housing Providers or be directly involved in investing in or making land available for social and affordable housing.
7CathRover 2 years agoThriving local food production
Local food security is an essential part of building disaster resilience, and healthy communities.
16landscape.architectover 2 years agoreinstate & grow protections for Batemans Marine Park to thrive, work with Koori community to care for Sea Country + Blue Carbon Economy
"The retention of harvested species was four to six times greater in MPAs compared with partially protected and unprotected areas, and the stabilizing effects of protection were observable within 4 years of park implementation. Conversely, partial protection offered little to no improvement in stability, compared with unprotected areas." -From a study was published in the journal of the The Society for Conservation Biology, outlining a number of benefits to marine sanctuaries, right here in the Batemans Marine park. Koori people have been fishing these waters not only sustainably - regeneratively - since forever, but they're now being fined for practicing their culture and caring for the marine communities which have sustained them for generations upon generations. Not only that, but commercial fishing is allowed and subsidised to essentially scour the seabed without oversight in order to sell the fish which Koori people are penalised for giving to their families. Meanwhile, the protections which limit fishing within the Batemans Marine Park in order to maintain healthy marine populations have been lifted against all expert recommendations. Our marine communities need a diverse balance of predators eating herbivores eating macroalgae providing nursery habitat for the smaller foundational species to continue thriving and growing. Currently, a mass extraction of predator fish by fisheries along with warming waters has created a growing urchin barren eating through the kelp forests who anchor and sustain our beloved marine ecosystems. In balance, these communities together clean waterways, provide food and nourishment, produce oxygen, draw down carbon, cool warming waters, reduce acidification in our oceans, are a joy to behold and are innately connected with the Koori communities in reciprocal, generational partnerships. We've fined the people who can care best for these places, we've subsidised methods of fishing which consume them and create herbivore/predator imbalance, and we've removed any protections for the few remaining sanctuaries left along this part of the coast. If there's any hope of thriving, the marine communities need to be cared for as Sea Country in shared collaboration with the Koori community and elders. sources: Impact of marine protected areas on temporal stability of fish species diversity Amanda K. Pettersen(https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.13815?fbclid=IwAR2sXynFcMACl6dUeToDaVYfJgT3wwbQwM2DDtVIBccRZX6uKDlyI3d6L1I) The NSW government needs to stop prosecuting Aboriginal fishers if it really wants to Close the Gap (https://theconversation.com/the-nsw-government-needs-to-stop-prosecuting-aboriginal-fishers-if-it-really-wants-to-close-the-gap-168749?fbclid=IwAR1fvJQerdhI24lyUOqt7NB8iRBXXOSWDGha4QwO6HdrHBt75DjywyH1wNY) South Coast People Native Title Claim (http://www.nntt.gov.au/searchRegApps/NativeTitleClaims/Pages/details.aspx?NTDA_Fileno=NC2017/003)
14Mark Youngover 2 years agoEncourage the development of local IT and high tech businesses - clean high value employment in a beautiful area will be attractive
Eurobodalla Tech Hub
3Gee3over 2 years agoProtect and promote our natural environment in order for Nature-Based Tourism to expand and thrive.
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Proud
over 2 years agoCLOSED: This ideas has concluded.Tell or show us what a proud community looks like to you.
- You can upload images, jot down single words, or go deep and detailed with your thoughts.
- You can focus on what a proud community would look like today, or what it could mean in the future.
- If you agree with someone else's post, click the 'like' button.
ashover 2 years agoA community who is actively engaged in decision making and empowered to shape the region with optimism, care and openness
The most disadvantaged people taken care of and those experiencing disability, homelessness or discrimination looked after in the right ways
1Susanover 2 years agoHighlight the strengths and assets of our region to audiences outside Eurobodalla
In a way that supports eco-friendly, sensitive and sustainable tourism, attract visitors to experience the best the region has to offer, supporting our economy but retaining the character and unique attributes of the region.
1Mark Youngover 2 years agoCommunity pride is shown by an attitude and also a willingness to take action to support the people who live in and visit our area
Extend a helping hand
4Susanover 2 years agoInvest in and provide support to maintain and manage our unique heritage places and structures
Support those areas with strong heritage character with maintenance and development of their infrastructure to ensure it does not deteriorate or is even destroyed through lack of attention, care, investment. Not necessarily through funds, but through facilitation and other support initiatives.
5Our Eurobodalla Teamover 2 years agoUnique sense of place
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Friendly
over 2 years agoCLOSED: This ideas has concluded.Use pictures or words to show us what a friendly community looks like to you.
- You can upload images, jot down single words, or go deep and detailed with your thoughts.
- You can focus on what a friendly community means to you today, or what you hope it looks like in the future.
- If you agree with someone else's post, click the 'like' button.
Mark Youngover 2 years agoFear of Covid caused negative comments re visitors. We should all now warmly welcome them with a friendly wave, smile or greeting.
A welcoming community
1CathRover 2 years agoFriendly and active
Activities and infrastructure that work harmoniously with the environment and provide places for people to connect socially, and be active and healthy.
10Fairy_wrenover 2 years agoSigns don't have to be ugly and mean. Beautiful, welcoming and with a conversational tone could be just as effective.
Friendly inviting signage
8Jbuffover 2 years agoReturn phone calls and emails of constituents. Give clear answers. Make it easier to access information
3FutureIdeas44over 2 years agoIf the Regional Hospital is built in Moruya, hopefully on dry land, there needs to be a bypass of Mogo as well, for people from the north.
Batemans Bay has the highest population in Eurobodalla. Why isn't the new hospital there. If not, it is very important to have good access from Batemans Bay to the hospital. Why is the proposed site such a swampy looking place on the wrong side of Moruya for the majority of the people in the area?
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Responsible
over 2 years agoCLOSED: This ideas has concluded.Describe or show us what comes to mind when you think of a responsible community.
- You can upload images, jot down single words, or go deep and detailed with your thoughts.
- You can focus on what a responsible community looks like today, or what you'd like to see in the future.
- If you agree with someone else's post, click the 'like' button.
Middlebrookover 2 years agoBe responsible in taking a balanced approach to environment and community expectations.
‘All things natural’ should take a broader view of ‘living with nature’ as our coastline, beaches, our waterways and ocean are as much a part of the ‘natural’ environment as is the bush, forests and hinterland. Residents should not have ‘bush’ superimposed onto the natural coastline. Be responsible in allowing residents a choice.
2Brizoeover 2 years agoAllow Council’s audit committee to do its job
These days the audit committee is denied information by staff which would allow it to form proper judgements about major financial decisions. Also it is not used to investigate financial problems. It needs to be independent and more energetically managed.
2synchronicityover 2 years agoOffer a council rebate for people who are zero waste (i.e. no red bin collection). Offer separate glass collection.
This will encourage people to sort out their own garbage. https://www.lesliedeanbrown.com/photography/bin-laden-project/
0Stephover 2 years agoSharpening the DCPs for good design outcomes that restores our land, waterways and all people (particularly our vulnerable)
Councils are the gateway for assessing development applications. It is their opportunity and responsibility to champion good development that responds well to place and people, and educate and assist applicants towards better design. Not all development fits into the DCP, so training and continual education of our development planners to understand good design on any site is vital. If the DCP is the baseline requirement for which development should endeavour to meet, that baseline needs to be refined. Good design doesn’t cost any more money than bad design. Assess the DCP against the worst possible outcome, adjust accordingly till its acceptable. There are many local retired and private practitioners in our community. Perhaps Council can call on such expertise to work in collaboration with to solve complex issues.
5Stewartover 2 years agoSustainable development
Eurobodalla council could (should) review its current development criteria and controls to better protect what is unique and rewarding about the area - the natural environment. Stop allowing extensive tree clearing and tree removal. Significantly reduce and manage design of urban development to protect coastal ecosystems and amenity.
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And?
over 2 years agoCLOSED: This ideas has concluded.
Let us know if something is missing.If you have ideas, priorities, or goals for the community that just don't quite fit under one of the existing vision's themes, add your ideas here or click the 'like' button to show you agree or support someone else's idea.
Chrissyeover 2 years agoSupport more diverse small businesses to provide for locals & support local fams. Not big business, LOCAL BUSINESS not impacted by season.
1SusanCover 2 years agoLet's be a leader for Climate Action. Zero net emissions Eurobodalla wide by 2030. Protect trees and forests. No new dwellings in ..........
7Matthew Findlayover 2 years agoEncouragement and opportunity of sustainable development.
From small, smart, sustainable village developments away from the cbd for elderly and struggling home buyers to nature corridors in urban development. Keep us as the Nature Coast while developing a future
4old dufferover 2 years agoMore tertiary education disbursed through the Shire with a focus on emerging local industries and sustainable agriculture
Universities everywhere
2Baromyover 2 years agoSolar lighting be installed in Public Stairways for Safety and Security.
The stairways at Keith and Mavis Smith Park in Catalina, and Albert Ryan Park on Beach Road are very steep and quite treacherous at night (over 70 steps each) because NO lighting is installed. At night it is pitch black. This is an accident waiting to happen. There is a simple solution, Solar Lighting.
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Adopted Community Strategic Plan
Key dates
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05 October 2021
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05 October → 31 October 2021
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31 October 2021
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01 November 2021