Crescent Head advisory group have productive first meeting
Published on 06 August 2024
The Crescent Head foreshore had some of its most passionate advocates sit down for their first meeting with Council staff to discuss matters relating to the iconic seaside village.
The meeting, held at the Civic Centre, established meeting rules, agreed on what success for this group would look like, positives and negatives of the previous work done, as well as some big picture visioning, focusing on current and potential uses and users.
The advisory group agreed that an important part of the success of this group will be to keep the community informed and involved with the project, with meeting notes publicly available after each meeting, as well as planned points of community consultation, use of diverse communication channels to access as much of the community as possible, and engagement with other active community groups.
The notes from each meeting will be updated on the Crescent Head foreshore community engagement page, which has tools for broader community engagement, including comments, questions, idea sharing and surveys.
When the notes are published after each meeting, the community will be notified via Council's website and social media, with QR codes printed onto physical signage on the Crescent Head foreshore, directing people to the community engagement page.
Council resolved that the role of the Advisory Group is to:
• Provide representatives of the community with a forum to discuss the future of the foreshore with Council.
• Provide the community with a forum to discuss, workshop and develop options for the future use of the foreshore that can be provided to Council that represents the views of the broader Kempsey Shire community.
• Create a process for collaborative design with local people and those from the broader Local Government area to provide local knowledge and information to inform the decisions made about Crescent Head foreshore.
• Create better visibility of the project within the local community and throughout the Local Government area and provide feedback to Council and the community more broadly.
• Ensure the broader community has up-to-date and accurate information about the progress of the project.
• Identify risks and concerns regarding the project and seek to provide clarity and resolve them where possible.
More information on the committee and the foreshore can be found on our Your Say Macleay page: ksc.pub/CHCAG