Igniting local passion We’ve talked recently about the critical role of local government when regional towns are in decline, but civic leadership doesn’t need to wait for a crisis. People’s passion for a place is...
How does your community connect vision and projects? Let’s face it, most community members do not know or care what you think their vision is. Or what their priorities are. They don’t think it makes...
The challenge We know what the vicious cycle of decline looks like. Employment opportunities reduce (say, through agricultural consolidation and automation), then the population declines, fewer services are available (in both the public and private...
Nice one Tweed Shire Council. They wanted feedback on their draft Economic Development Strategy from the business community so what did they do? Knocked on their doors and asked them.
Citizens Committees can enhance decision-making We are great believers in Citizens’ Committees although we would seldom use that specific term. ACELG has just released a highly useful report on this subject, The Role and Future...