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our aspirations Our communities will continue to enjoy regional liveability with urban accessibility. We will be a region with vibrant, innovative, sustainable and connected communities offering a diversity of lifestyles, building on our heritage and natural environment. Over the next 10-20 years, this Regional Strategic Plan will assist us to build a region that has: • Prosperous places - our region’s towns and settlements and the people within them will form a network and continue to share in the region’s vibrancy, diversity and opportunity. They will retain great access to services and infrastructure in Bendigo and Melbourne. • a vibrant provincial city - the population of Greater Bendigo will grow towards 135,000 people. Arts, recreation and culture will thrive. The city will have quality infrastructure, educational opportunities, health care and other services. • a thriving, diverse economy - our region will continue to attract new investment and a diverse range of jobs building on the region’s competitive advantages. Health, education, construction, retail, tourism, agriculture and renewable energy all provide opportunities for the region. Manufacturing will continue to prosper through investment in innovation. • enhanced natural and cultural heritage - our natural, indigenous and goldfields heritage is widely appreciated and protected. The forests of the Great Dividing Range and Goldfields interconnect and will provide linkages to the Murray River. 10 Southern Loddon Mallee Regional Strategic Plan
Strategic Direction 1 - Manage our population growth and settlements Priority Action 1.1: Establish a Regional Settlement Framework that respects the amenity, functionality and connectedness of existing cities and towns, and accommodates growth accordingly. Strategic Direction 2 - Strengthen our communities, especially in our small towns Priority Action 2.1: Invest in and advocate for place based community planning, strengthening community leadership models, improving transport connections, encouraging joined up government service delivery and investing in urban renewal (including community hubs, recreation facilities and streetscape enhancement) to improve the liveability of small towns and their ability to manage change. Priority Action 2.2: Continue to invest in major infrastructure in Bendigo as the Regional Centre including the redevelopment of the Bendigo Hospital, arts, cultural and recreational precincts and facilities, Convention Centre and the Bendigo Airport to boost liveability to support and encourage further growth in the region. Priority Action 2.3: Maximise the benefits of the upgrades to Bendigo Hospital by strengthening its links with supporting primary health services and local hospitals in smaller communities to relieve pressure on the Regional Health Service. Strategic Direction 3 - Strengthen and diversify our economy Priority Action 3.1: Implement initiatives that stimulate local employment opportunities including increasing the stock of serviced industrial land, serviced office opportunities, regionally-based government positions and inter-regional transport connections where employment opportunities exist. Priority Action 3.2: Attract investment in high value agriculture production and added value processing, including in intensive agriculture related industries leveraging off the regions strengths of good soils, efficient flexible farming systems and vast tracks of land to deliver new jobs and encourage efficient resource use. Priority Action 3.3: Establish Australia’s first heritage region, linked to the goldfields heritage, as an iconic destination to value our natural heritage and promote tourism within the region. Strategic Direction 4 - Improve our infrastructure Priority Action 4.1: Further upgrade the Calder Freeway to improve access to Melbourne as outlined in the 2009 State submission to Infrastructure Australia. Identify and support intraregional rail and bus public transport improvements and coordination, and public transport access to Melbourne, to support employment and education. Priority Action 4.2: Support Coliban Water in the review and renewal of long term supply and demand strategies to meet future settlement planning needs as identified by the Regional Settlement Framework (Priority Action 1.1). Priority Action 4.3: Improve broadband access, take up and telecommunications infrastructure across the region to improve accessibility, reduce social disadvantage and achieve competitiveness as a place for business, in particular by facilitating the development of the National Broadband Network in our towns and across our region. Priority Action 4.4: Undertake a strategic analysis of regional energy needs and develop an energy demand management action plan to inform business cases for future infrastructure development and encourage efficient energy use. Strategic Direction 5 - Improve education and training outcomes Priority Action 5.1: Increase tertiary education participation in the region and grow the region’s skilled workforce by increasing provision of student accommodation in Bendigo, and expanding university teaching, cultural and recreational facilities and services. Strategic Direction 6 - Protect and enhance our natural and built environment Priority Action 6.1: Engage our communities in actions such as the BushTender program and Landcare activities to protect rural land and improve connectivity of native vegetation along major corridors, ultimately linking to the Murray River. Southern Loddon Mallee Regional Strategic Plan 11
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