Objective 6: Enhance the appearance and atmosphere of our neighbourhood
- Reduce the incidence of graffiti and encourage alternative appropriate expressions of art:
- Initiate graffiti removal events that have an intergenerational approach with the whole community working together
- Establish a reporting mechanism to advise Council of graffiti incidents to enable timely removal of graffiti
- Investigate graffiti removal initiatives undertaken in other neighbourhoods
- Organise and conduct a community street art program, which engages with the local youth community and establishes a sense of place and ownership:
- Organise a mural project with local schools and youth groups
- Investigate the feasibility of a graffiti wall in the neighbourhood
- Seek grant opportunities
- Organise an anti-littering campaign in the neighbourhood in conjunction with Council and local organisations:
- Enlist the support of programs such as “Don’t be a Tosser” and Clean Up Australia campaigns
- Seek grant opportunities
- Liaise with Council to ensure adequate and appropriate rubbish and recycling bins are available in public places
- Ensure that community groups are well supported and in touch with each other:
- Develop and promote a directory for local groups in consultation with Council, Toronto Chamber of Commerce and Tidy Towns Committee
- Organise and hold an open day to showcase the groups within the neighbourhood
- Build connections with relevant community groups throughout the development and implementation of the Action Plan to work collaboratively and share appropriate resources
- Conduct regular Sustainable Neighbourhood Group meetings
- Liaise with Council and community organisations to improve the streetscape of the Toronto CBD
- Advertise and promote community activities through community and school newsletters and networks (e.g. magazine and Coal Point Chronicle)
- Support our community’s young people:
- To have a voice in the neighbourhood and to develop ideas and projects
- Find ways to engage with young people from local schools
- Develop ways of communicating with young people, build relationships and opportunities for them to develop projects they are interested in and are able to express some ownership
- Enhance understanding of our community's history:
- Develop a project to record local history and create signage and landmarks to recognise historical, cultural and environmental aspects of the neighbourhood through liaison with the Lake Macquarie and District Historical Society
- Build relationships with the local indigenous community to improve understanding of local indigenous history and culture
- Work with Council and community groups to create way-finding signage throughout the neighbourhood
- Liaise with Council and community organisations for the upkeep of community facilities, parklands and reserves (see also Objective 4)
- Enhance playground facilities:
- Monitor the use of playgrounds within the neighbourhood and report misuse or other issues to Council
- Promote the creation of playground facilities for toddlers and preschool children within the neighbourhood
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