WE NEED YOU:

Northern Grampians Shire Council is seeking community input as part of a plan to reinvigorate Stawell via development, attracting visitors and encouraging residents to rekindle their love for the Wimmera city. It has called on people to fill in a survey that will help provide planning direction. Cr Kevin Erwin is pictured promoting his home town in Stawell’s shopping heart.

Response to a community survey will help guide and shape the future of Stawell.

Northern Grampians Shire Council wants to hear directly from the community via the survey to help plan for Stawell Town Plan: A Vision for the Future.

People can fill out the survey online by visiting website www.ngshire.vic. gov.au/stawell-plan or pick up hard copies from customer service centres in Stawell and St Arnaud.

People have until June 20 to complete the survey and also have an invitation to provide written submissions by August 7.

The Stawell Town Plan: A Vision for the Future will provide direction for development and investment with a particular focus on a town centre and Western Highway precinct to enhance Stawell’s reputation as a place to live, work, invest in and visit.

A major priority will be to guide the preferred location, type and use of new development in Stawell and to accommodate population and economic growth for the next 20 to 30 years.

Northern Grampians mayor Murray Emerson said community engagement was crucial to ensuring the plan provided direction for what people needed and wanted.

“We need to hear from you. This is a project that must be informed by the people of our shire to ensure the people’s vision for the future is heard, considered and implemented. This is your town and I encourage everyone to have your say about its future and how that will look,” he said.