Pittwater Life June 2018 Issue

Stand Up Paddle (SUP) Festival;
$4,000 for Newport Junior
Rugby Club to support a junior
rugby sevens event; and $3,600
for Pittwater Pinks Dragon
Boat Team to purchase new
personal floatation devices.
“Grassroots sporting organisations
are an integral part of our
community and every dollar
they raise directly benefits local
residents,” Mr Stokes said.
Avalon survey to
help shape future
A short survey is Northern
Beaches Council’s first step
in an extensive consultation
program with the Avalon community
over the development
of a plan for the village. Mayor
Michael Regan said the survey
takes a new approach – guiding
residents through a series of
questions about the characteristics
of an ‘ideal’ town centre.
“This will give us a great insight
into not only what Avalon residents
value about where they
live now, but what they value if
you strip everything back,” he
said. “For Avalon this is the first
step in a broader engagement
process which will involve a
series of visioning workshops,
online activities and establishing
a Community Reference
Group.” He added the aim was
to develop a plan for Avalon
with the Avalon community
that captured and reflected the
aspirations of community and
set out a program of enhancements
that would make Avalon
an even more special place.
The ‘Care Factor’ survey takes
around five minutes to complete
and is open until Sunday
24 June. Starting with Avalon,
Council plans to survey all
villages and hubs in the region
in the future. More info on the
Council website.
Library membership
turns a new page
A new, fully integrated online
catalogue system to provide
seamless access to all Councilowned
library collections
and services on the Northern
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