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Agenda - Ordinary Meeting 22 November 2012 - CITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORTS<br />
Attachment 3<br />
possibility that travelers could pass through the town without knowing of the beauty and<br />
proximity of the beaches on one side of the highway or the mountains and views on the other.<br />
The absence of welcoming signage on the Pacific Highway entrances to <strong>Coffs</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> was<br />
seen as a lack of community self-respect e.g. “we don’t even have a welcome sign!”<br />
Signage in general in <strong>Coffs</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> attracted a lot of negative comments in consultations.<br />
Tourists’ satisfaction with signage in <strong>Coffs</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> is also very poor: 24% versus 36% for the<br />
comparable municipalities. Dissatisfaction with both directional and site signage was raised<br />
by a number of those consulted, refecting on both their own experience and that of visiting<br />
family and friends:<br />
“When you get to the Plaza, you wouldn’t know that you could turn off and be less than one<br />
km to the beach”<br />
Community suggestions of particular merit include:<br />
Establishment of a process of selecting high design utilitarian objects into council<br />
developments and refurbishments in highly visible locations with locally distinctive<br />
designs;<br />
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The erection and well considered placement of flag poles with attractive banners can<br />
add to a festive sense and would be a useful adjunct to the community celebration<br />
program run by Council;<br />
Sculpture should be placed where it can be seen clearly– there is difficulty placing<br />
sculpture is already visually cluttered environment; and<br />
Integration of cultural material such as Aboriginal design or environmental poetry<br />
into interpretative signage.<br />
11 Community celebrations and cultural diversity<br />
Council supports a suite of well attended community celebrations (see Attachment B) often at<br />
the Botanical Gardens, such as Harmony Day and the Japanese Festival of Children’s Day<br />
(Japanese Children’s Day) or the Jetty Memorial Theatre, such as the Refugee Film Festival.<br />
A number of these celebrations have a particular focus on the cultural diversity of the <strong>Coffs</strong><br />
region. They provide opportunities for members of diverse cultures to show living aspects of<br />
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