1.6 Community engagement We engaged with residents, businesses, students, workers, landowners and members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to inform the Master Plan. Through these conversations we collected important insights into what the community want to see in Campsie.
Who we engaged
“Wider footpaths, and more trees would make me visit Campsie more.”
engaged the community with:
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· An online community survey. · An interactive online map. · Call an expert service. · Landowner engagement. · Have Your Say page.
What do you want for Campsie?
Stage 3 – Targeted Engagement In the development of the master plan, Council has engaged with 2,092 members of the community.
How we engaged Stage 1 – What we’ve already been told As a first step, this master plan considered what the community has already told Council on previous projects in relation to Bankstown City Centre. Some of the key messages coming from previous engagement include: · Create a clean, attractive centre. · Attract more and diverse retail and dining options that are open later. · Preserve the unique character of the wider centre. · Create connections to the Cooks River. · Line streets with trees to create a cool, shady centre. · Create high quality, welcoming open space. · Improve pedestrian safety in the centre. Stage 2 - Early Engagement In Stage 2 we connected with the community and landowners to learn more about what the community likes about Campsie and where improvements are needed. In this stage we
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In stage 3 we tested key ideas with a community and industry groups to collect feedback to help us refine the Master Plan. In this stage we engaged the community with:
“High quality public squares that encourage community activity and provides a central meeting point is needed.”
· Student and worker focus groups. · Industry engagement. · Landowner engagement. · Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander group engagement. · Direct stakeholder engagement with government agencies. Stage 4 – Public Exhibition The draft Master Plans were exhibited for a period of seven weeks (March to May 2021) in order to understand the community’s view of the proposed changes. The community’s input has informed a number of Master Plan changes, summarised in a separate Submission Report (August 2021). Further, formal public engagement will occur as part of a future Planning Proposal for the Campsie Town Centre in accordance with the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, the supporting Regulations and Council’s Community Participation Plan.
Ara “I can picture Campsie as a rival to Chatswood as a great place to live and work and as a popular shopping and dining destination for people in the surrounding areas.”
“Campsie might become more gentrified, but I hope it doesn’t lose the great food and fresh grocers”
Joriz
Sai “I would like to see a blend of a commercial space that is open past 6pm together with well-lit communal areas that are safe and clean.” Lucas
