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Seeking staff to join the team in Walgett
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30 AUGUST 2022 MEETING SNIPPETS
• Mayor reported to Council regarding activities undertaken during July 2022, including hosting Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC, Governor of NSW, on 29th July, 2022.
• Council resolved to approve a list of 15 Shire events, which will be paid for by the Reconnecting Regional NSW Community Events grant.
• Council resolved that application be made to the Stronger Country Communities Fund – Round 5, to fund livability enhancement projects around the Shire. The approved projects, in order of priority, are:
✓ Collarenebri Sportsground fence
✓ Installation of a Skate Park in Gray Park Walgett
✓ Construction of a Footpath Cycle Way (including kerb and guttering) at Onyx Street, Lightning Ridge
✓ Construction of kerb and guttering at Wilson Street, Collarenebri
✓ Continuation of Lightning Ridge Footpath Cycle Way at Pandora Street
✓ Lighting Ovals 2 and 3 at Walgett
✓ Construction of a Footpath Cycle Way (including kerb and guttering) at Dewhurst Street, Walgett (Stage 1) • Council received an extensive report, presented by George McCormick (Manager Community and Development), regarding Community Development and Capacity Building activities and events conducted through April 2022 to August 2022.
• As at 31st July 2022, Walgett Shire Council has spent a total of $47,524.49 on road maintenance and grading within the Shire • As at 31st July 2022, Walgett Shire Council has spent $3,332,818.00 on capital and maintenance works in the areas of road infrastructure, quarry management, fleet management, water & sewer works, parks & gardens, Walgett Weir and engineering administration.
• Council resolved that application be made to the Fixing Local Roads Program – Round 4 funding, for the reconstruction and sealing of local roads around the Shire. The top 3 priority roads are Cryon Road (SR5), Mercadool Road (SR16) and Goangra Road (SR116).
• Council endorsed a long-term strategy for lots 1 to 75 DP838673, Lightning Ridge, which include grazing rights lease and a proposal for the staged development of the subdivision. • Council resolved to put up for sale land for unpaid rates (5 years or more) under Section 713 of the Local Government Act 1993, with public advertising to commence in accordance with the legislation.
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Walgett Employment & Vocation Strategy
ThinkPlace working with Regional NSW will engage with the Walgett community to capture a vision of what it means for individuals to flourish and communities to thrive supporting the community to create a local employment and vocation strategy.
ThinkPlace is a leading social innovation and strategic design agency in the service of creating vibrant communities, strong economies, sustainable environment and trusted institutions.
We are not experts in the challenges and opportunities your community faces; we believe that every community has the potential to solve and realise these. We bring our design expertise and partner with communities building design thinking capabilities enabling local innovative solutions to emerge.
Why This Project Is Important
Breaking the cycle of disadvantage, inequality, and poverty requires a future where everyone who wants to learn and work can. It requires a future where work is more than a job, it is a pathway that creates meaning, celebrates cultures and provides hope.
Pop-up Hub
To support local engagement, workshops, planning and experimenting ThinkPlace will launch a Cultural & Community Pop-Up Hub in the former Café 64 site.
Café 64 a much-loved social enterprise that provided employment to people with a disability and included a space for local Indigenous art and craft closed suddenly in 2020, will provide the space for this hub. Once again, this space will serve a social purpose for community to connect, engage, plan and design a future for Walgett where everyone can flourish in a thriving community.
· Set to open August 22nd to 8th September.
This space will server three primary purposes:
1. Space to engage the community in conversations, workshops, co-design activities and prototyping ideas.
2. Space to prototype a Cultural Centre.
3. Space for ThinkPlace staff to base themselves from to connect with community.
ThinkPlace will not be running cultural centre activities this will be led by local Walgett Community Working Party.
Why This Approach
The pop-up Hub provides a shared space to work with community to explore ideas, resources and capabilities required to create a shared vision of what a good life means and identify practical steps to get there. It will help build authentic and trusting relationships creating the conditions for collaboration, partnerships and innovation that is essential for social and economic development.
Who We Are Working With
ThinkPlace are looking to partner with locals, groups, businesses and organisations interested in designing a better future for Walgett.
If you would like more information on how you can get involved, please contact: · Lee Cooper ThinkPlace m:0417 535 265 e: lee.cooper@thinkplace.com.au · Nicki O’Neill Dept of Regional NSW m: 0400 055 049 e: nicki.oneill@regional.nsw.gov.au
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Learn to "Fly"!!!
Our partners; Outback Arts are hosting Contemporary Dance & Aerial Arts in Walgett Thursday 6th October and it’s FREE!
Aerial Dance School Holiday Workshops
The Gravity is an Aerial Arts and Contemporary Dance workshop designed to introduce dance-based movement alongside aerial trick combinations. The workshop is taught using both Aerial Silks and Aerial Hoop.
Cost: FREE!
Duration: 75 Minutes
Ages: 12 - 17-year-olds
About the workshop:
Designed for beginners, the class will be taught on 2 portable rigs moving through dance, and floor movement then onto the aerial apparatus.
Coming to:
Warren Tuesday, 27 September
Nyngan Wednesday, 28 September
Cobar Friday, 30 September
Bourke Saturday, 1 October
Brewarrina Tuesday, 4 October
Walgett Thursday, 6 October
Coonamble Friday, 7 October
Please make sure that you register as capacity is strictly limited to 10 per session.
All bookings via Outback Arts - Find out more and register here > https://www.outbackarts.com.au/project-news/gravity-2022
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