Community Conversations to Hit the Streets

Get along and share your ideas about Gore’s streetscapes at Streets Alive public drop-ins being held from mid-September.

Streets Alive is a community-driven project focusing on exploring ways we could make Gore an even better place to live.

“The public drop-in sessions will be another great opportunity for people to tell us what they’d like for Gore’s streets,” says deputy mayor and project champion, Bronwyn Reid.

The Streets Alive team will be out and about in the Streets Alive caravan hearing what locals want for their town’s streetscapes and exploring the early themes coming through from community conversations. The caravan will be at locations in central Gore and at the Gore Multisport Complex (see details below).

Based on early community feedback, six themes have been developed as a base for further conversations.

They are:

• Creative street spaces (art, seating, planting, fountains, lighting)

• Improvements to ease congestion and enhance safety.

• Opportunities for safer road crossings.

• Consideration of a pedestrianised hub.

• Connecting spaces and places to improve access for everyone.

• Signage and wayfinding.

“These are all topics that came through strongly in our first round of engagement. We’re therefore keen to explore them further, while also taking on board any other ideas people have,” Cr Reid says.

“We’d love to talk to as many people as possible at the drop-ins, so do come along and share your ideas.”

People can also get involved with the project online at Let's Talk Korero Mai.

“This website is another fantastic opportunity for people to participate anytime in conversations about our streets, share conversations with others, add their comments and put forward ideas,” says Cr Reid.

Around 60 people attended three Streets Alive community workshops in late July. Further workshops to gather feedback from sectors such as youth, older people, people with mobility impairments and young mums are being held next week. A session is also planned with the business community.

Feedback will influence a programme of alterations to Gore’s streetscapes that will be trialled from late spring. Modifications will be designed to make the town more people-friendly, more accessible, safer for everyone, and more vibrant.

The Streets Alive team will then be asking for further community input on the streetscape trials to determine if any suggested changes become permanent.

Public drop-in sessions:

• Wednesday 16 September 2.00pm - 4.00pm at the New World Car Park, Irk St

• Friday 18 September 10.00am -12 noon at the Mitre 10 carpark, Irwell St

• Saturday 19 September 10.00 am – 12 noon in Main St, and 2.00pm – 4.00pm at the Gore Multisport Complex