MT EVELYN PLANNING EVENING

OVERVIEW

Organisation: 
Mt Evelyn Township Group

Workshop:     
Annual Planning Event, the first of three ‘have your say’ events feeding in to the Community Plan in association with the Shire of Yarra Ranges

Key points:

Aim:       
The workshop aim in the words on the Mt Evelyn Township Groups was that ‘everyone will be given the opportunity to be heard’.

    Process:                 
    With the aim of the evening to hear from everyone, open space technology was a natural choice of method to use for the workshop. The evening began with wonderful meal from TastyAz a not for profit caterer which we continued to enjoy during the three rounds of open space.

    Outcome:
    Possibly the fastest ever conversion of an open space idea to reality occurred! The want for a community garden was announced as a topic, many of the room flocked to the table and among them two people with offers of land for the community garden. By the end of the night a location was agreed, within a week they had been onsite and inside the month work had commenced. A fantastic example of community planning, no scratch that, not planning, community action.

    Additional topics ranged from increasing the Christmas Spirit, building a sports complex, traffic problems.