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Community Input Needed on Wed 23 May 2012

Story & photo by Mick Gallagher

Berowra & District Community Association (BDCA) in partnership with Community Voice (CV) will hold a community workshop at 7.30pm on Wednesday 23rd May 2012 at the Old Berowra District Hall, Berowra Road corner Crowley Road.

Members of the public is invited to attend and give valuable input to this event.

"The purpose is to gain valuable community input specific to bushland suburbs north of Hornsby, from Asquith through to Berowra Heights, to support area submissions to Hornsby Shire Council (HSC) for the upcoming Local Environment Plan (LEP) upgrade and re-run of sections of the HSC Housing Strategy," said Kim Mullins, Convenor CV.

Community Voice, with input from BDCA, has devised the workshop and survey as a means to highlight the needs for the variety unique areas within Hornsby Shire.

Community Voice was started in 2010 in response to the various planning issues raised by the different communities of the shire during the HSC Housing Strategy.  Its purpose is to support associations and to engage with council in a productive manner on general and specific planning issues.  This workshop will be held in a positive, collaborative and respectful manner and will also welcome a few key Hornsby Council planning staff and councillors as observers, to gain greater understanding of issues.

"Participating in the workshop will give residents an ideal chance to state what they consider to be the primary planning issues, including appropriate types of development and needs such as sports facilities, environmental issues, roads and stormwater infrastructure needs and the like," said John Farquhar, President BDCA..

In a year when we are to vote for representatives in the council elections, this workshop will be ideal to NOW raise issues that are important to you, including your preferred community priorities and to give input to a greater long term planning strategy or vision for our bushland shire, for perhaps generations to come.

The top priorities that participants come up with will be published and the key information also given to council and existing councillors, to help ensure our ideas are listened to.  It will also be presented in LEP submissions to HSC.

If possible, please phone John Farquhar Mob 0419 991791 to confirm numbers attending so that enough seating and light refreshments can be provided.

Further workshops are planned in A Ward at the water suburbs of Brooklyn & Berowra Waters, Hornsby & Hornsby Heights, Galston & other rural suburbs, then on throughout the shire.  

Keep ‘Tuned to The Bush Tele’ for future dates.

For further info on  BDCA visit www.bdca.berowra.info

For further info on CV visit www.communityvoice-hornsby.com.au

Photo: Kim Mullins, Convenor Community Voice & John Farquhar Pres Berowra District Community Association welcome you to a public meet @ the Old Berowra District Hall, 7:30pm Wed 23 May 2012.

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