The Refurbished Park Reopened
Last Saturday, there was a Victorian themed opening for the Park. There was music on the bandstand, food, boats on the lake, a carousel, helter skelter and candy floss. And a marquee for the councillors with food laid on.
It was a great day. Everything was free. The new Boathouse is a great amenity. The planting looks good. All that was lacking was adequate, permanent play facilities for the children.
We asked for the original consultation document from the Parks Dept. That has been sent through. It contains a range of research data about what people liked about the proposals - all drawn from the original consultation exercise that took place in 2002. Unfortunately, the actual designs that were part of the consultative exhibition were not included. As such, the data is meaningless. We have now requested a copy of the original drawings so we can see what people 'strongly supported' etc. We hope to be able to put these documents on the blog. Need to scan them.
The contact with all our local councillors have been very productive. They all seem keen to support us. One of them lives near the park and also thinks the facilities are woefully inadequate.
The next step is to organise a meeting between our group and the Parks Dept, with some of the councillors present. Hopefully through this we can start the ball rolling in terms of putting in place what is needed in order to put a bid in. We are looking at dates. It will probably be after the industrial fortnight now. Maybe in the first two weeks of August.
It was a great day. Everything was free. The new Boathouse is a great amenity. The planting looks good. All that was lacking was adequate, permanent play facilities for the children.
We asked for the original consultation document from the Parks Dept. That has been sent through. It contains a range of research data about what people liked about the proposals - all drawn from the original consultation exercise that took place in 2002. Unfortunately, the actual designs that were part of the consultative exhibition were not included. As such, the data is meaningless. We have now requested a copy of the original drawings so we can see what people 'strongly supported' etc. We hope to be able to put these documents on the blog. Need to scan them.
The contact with all our local councillors have been very productive. They all seem keen to support us. One of them lives near the park and also thinks the facilities are woefully inadequate.
The next step is to organise a meeting between our group and the Parks Dept, with some of the councillors present. Hopefully through this we can start the ball rolling in terms of putting in place what is needed in order to put a bid in. We are looking at dates. It will probably be after the industrial fortnight now. Maybe in the first two weeks of August.
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