KARRINYUP / GWELUP Local Area Plan - City of Stirling

Community & Cultural Development
Issues & Opportunities
Dialogue with the community has identified many opportunities and
ideas for the future of the Karrinyup-Gwelup Local Area as well as
the issues currently faced by the community. These are discussed
under each theme below.
Improved Sense of Community
Improving the sense of community within the Karrinyup-Gwelup
Local Area has come through very strongly as a priority for the
community development of the area. In order for this to happen,
suggestions have been given to encourage this, including
supporting community lifestyle choices and more specifically
community events and entertainment.
Supporting community lifestyle choices has been identified as a
priority to the Local Area community. This involves support for the
overall enjoyment of the area, enhanced connectivity, essential
facilities for sport, recreation and shopping in addition to local
entertainment and community events that have a strong family
friendly focus.
The community forums identified that social and street gatherings
and community events and entertainment were high on the agenda,
which can be reflective of the desired culture of the area. These
events are a good opportunity to be created in partnership between
the City of Stirling and the community; forming stronger links while
encouraging the capacity of the community to be involved and take
some control.
A Heart for the Local Area
The development of community centres or hubs was the top priority
at community planning forums, and the third overall priority through
the community engagement process as a whole. Community
centres or hubs are places with a mix of uses and activities that
provide opportunities to enjoy a range of lifestyle options at a local
level. These community hubs are places to meet, work, socialise
and live around, and provide a heart for a Local Area.
Karrinyup Regional Centre, including Karrinyup Shopping Centre
and surrounding amenities and services including Karrinyup Library
and Shopping Centre, has been identified as a valued part of the
Local Area providing both social interaction and community
amenities in a friendly environment. It was identified as the second
most popular place in the Local Area (after Lake Gwelup Reserve),
and was identified as either the current heart of the community or
as a location at which this could be developed.
This area was identified at community forums as having the
potential to become established as a ‘community hub’ that has a
level of vibrancy from the activity in the area while also appealing as
a social meeting place. Suggestions from the forums for the
realisation of this priority include increased mix-use development
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KARRINYUP-GWELUP LOCAL AREA PLAN
February 2010