Community Strategic Plan - Our vision
Archived: This project is now closed, you can still read all about it.
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.
landscape.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)
14Dallis Tannerover 2 years agoMore cultural diversity
Community Arts & Recreation have a focus on predominantly visual arts. I would like to encourage more concerts and live music in all areas. Granite Town using existing venues in our towns.
2atw262over 2 years agoInvestment in the Eurobodalla Showground in Moruya
To support football, equestrian, basketball, the dog club and PCYC into the future.
1Kathryn Maxwellover 2 years agoCouncil drives the change to electric vehicles.
0Maureenover 2 years agoReuse & Recycle
Tap into community creativity for ideas for new, low impact sustainable industries. This will create jobs and make use of materials that may have been thrown away.
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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.
Robin Sover 2 years agoCelebrate our First Nations heritage
Raise the profile of our First Nations heritage in the Eurobodalla
7CathRover 2 years agoProud to be a community planning for future generations.
Climate change, local food supply, affordable housing, diverse employment opportunities.
7Susanover 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.
5RJMover 2 years agoInstall an ocean pool or old school swimming baths
Image is Gunnamatta Bay Baths in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire
8atw262over 2 years agoA community that acknowledges their leaders
A community that respects/acknowledges community leaders.
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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.
megan1088over 2 years agoNature themed playgrounds
create more nature playgrounds like the ones at the botanical gardens
2Magicmagpie6over 2 years agoA friendly community is welcoming, respectful and inclusive. It encourages others to live these values as it demonstrates these values each
2Teenaover 2 years agoResponsive
To work with community and be open and response to the needs of the community
3Stewartover 2 years agoFacilitate and promote safe (friendly) cycling
Roads are dangerous for cyclists. Construction and development of the sealed road network in the Eurobodalla poorly considers the needs of road cyclists - consider how dangerous the Mogo/Tomakin and Broulee/Airport/Moruya roads are (and the highway between places north and south of Moruya is unridable safely). Be a friend of cycling. Encourage cycling in the Eurobodalla for local riders and destination visitors by providing safe roads, infrastructure and attitudes to support it.Take a leaf out of the book from places like Bright VIC.
6Jbuffover 2 years agoReturn phone calls and emails of constituents. Give clear answers. Make it easier to access information
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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.
Stewartover 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.
6Our Eurobodalla Teamover 2 years agoLiving harmoniously with our natural environment
13Susanover 2 years agoProper sustainability initiatives for businesses and properties
Support for waste removal initiatives and other ways to be more sustainable
3Jacqiover 2 years agoTo change all sewerage systems that go into the ocean to a better environmental system Ideally sending water inland . Clean ocean please
Sewerage
2Kathryn Maxwellover 2 years agoCouncil undertake a climate risk for all policies and proposals and get serious about protecting the community from extreme climate events
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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.
Brizoeover 2 years agoReform of councillor responsibilities
Mayor to reorganise committee system to give councillors have significant areas of responsibility. This will ensure that councillors have no opportunity to disengage from the community as now.
4Gee3over 2 years agoEurobodalla Shire as leaders in sustainable, eco-friendly and imaginative development.
As cities are greening up, regional areas are clear-felling. Let's change this and create imaginative, well designed, environmentally friendly sub-divisions that preserve trees and natural habitat for greener, cooler, human and animal-friendly living spaces.
9cdogover 2 years agoSustainable
Environment, living, development and support for one another.
6old dufferover 2 years agoMore tertiary education disbursed through the Shire with a focus on emerging local industries and sustainable agriculture
Universities everywhere
2Alison Wover 2 years agoEmbrace renewable and micro-grids for community energy resilience.
Our grid electricity travels a long way and loses efficiency along the way to reach us. Let's embrace the amazing opportunities of advances in renewables and battery and storage technology and generate power here where we can, to decrease our reliance on energy imported from afar.
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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