Mayor’s message

I am delighted to deliver the City of Launceston’s Kings Meadows ABCDE Learning Site Report. This report is reflective of the City of Launceston’s continued commitment to building stronger communities at a grassroots level, leveraging the skills, experience and passion of community members across Launceston.

The City of Launceston has made it a practice to encourage residents to bring forward new perspectives and new ideas in order to help set the future direction of our city, and the Learning Site project — now in its fifth year — embodies all aspects of this mindset.

The Learning Site program works with a new Launceston suburb each year to facilitate communitydriven projects utilising each suburb’s greatest resource — its people. In recent years the program has been hosted at Rocherlea, Ravenswood, Mowbray, Youngtown and — most recently — Kings Meadows.

The Learning Site program has resulted in some great community projects over the past few years, including new welcome signage at Ravenswood and Franklin Village, the development of the city’s first tool library, public art performances, community films, community workshops and much more.

One of the most exciting aspects for me has been that the program has consistently unearthed passionate people in different suburbs of Launceston who care about their communities, who want to make a difference, and who are willing to put in time and effort to collaborate with others.

I’m thrilled with the projects and connections that have arisen from the Kings Meadows Learning Site over the past 12 months, and want to sincerely thank the Kings Meadows community for its participation, enthusiasm and drive.

From July of this year, a Learning Site will commence in Invermay for a special extended 18 month period and I am very much looking forward to what this can bring.

I hope you enjoy reading this report.

Albert van Zetten Mayor, City of Launceston