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What we heard when we imagined Shellharbour together!

31 January 2025

What we did!

We asked the community to Imagine Shellharbour with us for the revision of the 2025 - 2035 Community Strategic Plan from September to November 2024.

We hosted a community workshop attended by more than 60 people; Hosted 4 drop-in sessions attended by 80 people across the city; Posted on social media 12 times and received 44,683 views; had 1783 online views to the Imagine Shellharbour Let’s chat page with 33 survey submissions; 40 high school students joined us for youth summit to participate in creating big ideas for the future of the city; Spoke with 25 industry experts at the Illawarra Shoalhaven Joint Organisation industry workshop; Popped up at the Healthy Cities Illawarra “Park and Play” and spoke with 12 families.

Timeline of 2024 - 2025 with a dot for the above list of what we did

Your Highlights

Your big ideas for the city are all about:

The top 10 things we heard were: community connection; economy; sustainability; arts & culture; Transport; Active transport; housing; place making; leadership

Most common words for the Community Vision

Community, Nature, Vibrant, Safe, Inclusive, Growth, Arts & Culture

2025-2035 Community Vision

Inspired by what we heard from the community, a draft Community Vision for the Community Strategic Plan (CSP) was created to reflect your aspirations for the City's future! The CSP is guided by its community vision – telling the story of where you want Shellharbour to be in ten years.

Through the Community Workshops, Youth Summit and Online Submission we gathered 441 words! The above most commonly heard words were used to shape the Vision.

Take a look at the draft Community Vision below:

What happens now?

The Community Strategic Plan is set to be drafted in January - March 2025.

Take a look at the timeline we are working towards on the Imagine Shellharbour Let's Chat page and we will update it as we move through each stage.

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