Council’s Quarterly Update

Council’s Quarterly Performance Report for October 2022-December

2022 was considered at a Council Meeting in February 2023.

The report provides the community with updates on our activities, future direction and how we’re performing towards our Council Plan 2021-2025 and Annual Budget 2022/2023.

Here are some of the highlights from this quarter:

▪ The Round was announced as the name for the redeveloped Whitehorse performing arts centre

▪ We upgraded four sports fields with new smart LED lighting solutions

▪ 81 young local creatives exhibited their artworks at the Youth Art Competition and Exhibition, hosted by Youth Connexions

▪ 21 out of 29 applications were allocated for the 2022/23 round of the Heritage Assistance Fund

▪ 148,000 community members attended Council festivals and events, including our Whitehorse Carols concert which was attended by 10,000 people

▪ Council partnered with Vermont South Neighbourhood House to ‘yarn bomb’ the wire garden fence in Brentford Square for the 16 Days of Activism events

▪ On Your Say Whitehorse, we received 2,250 submissions for the Open Space Strategy survey

▪ 1,641 new members joined Whitehorse libraries, which is a 56 per cent increase from the previous year

▪ More than 1,400 community members participated in the Whitehorse Seniors Festival

▪ 488 community members participated in consultation for the review of the Council Plan and 2023/24 Budget. This led to 499 projects and/or priority actions being identified for consideration in the 2023/24 budget.

To read all about Council’s performance for Quarter 2, visit the link below.