Draft Community Recovery Plan – Chapter Two Summary
Our Community Recovery Plan is a work in progress. We are progressively putting out chapters of the plan for your thoughts and comments. Normally, we would have had community workshops and meetings to work through ideas. COIVD-19 has prevented this so we have to do things ‘back to front’. Hence the Plan is in draft form pending community endorsement.
Plan chapters will be disseminated by email link to our website (madrecovery.com) and hard copies will be available at the Recovery Hub and the Genoa Pub for those not connected to the internet. Comments can be submitted via the MADRA suggestions boxes outside the Post Office and Genoa Pub or by email to:
mallacoota.district.assoc.2020@gmail.com.
Thank you to those who commented on Chapter One. Chapter Two is now available.
Some thoughts before summarising Chapter Two …
Chapters One to Four provide background and analysis to set the scene and build the case for our recovery priorities. Chapters Five to Nine contain your thoughts on recovery projects and preferences. In addition to our community, the Plan has been written with a number of audiences in mind. This includes our elected political representatives, government agencies and philanthropic organisations. In other words, those entities which have a major role in funding and helping deliver our recovery priorities.
The Plan therefore contains a LOT of detail, so these groups fully understand our circumstances. Chapter Two is especially detailed as it contains demographic information, facts and figures. In addition to informing external bodies, we hope this will be a resource for community organisations seeking data.
What’s in Chapter Two?
In Chapter Two we:
Describe our location, history and geography. Flora and fauna are described in a later chapter on environment and biodiversity.
Provide demographic information such as age and household profiles and employment.
Convey our values. This section is based on the vision contained in the 2007 Mallacoota Urban Design Framework and the snapshot survey conducted in April 2020.
Describe our critical infrastructure, emergency and other services.
*Fun fact* - 39.9% percent of us volunteer in some way compared with 19% across Australia!
Is it too late to send in our ideas?
As we work through recovery issues, we are learning all the time. The Plan is a dynamic document and will change over time as projects are completed and new ideas emerge. So please don’t think it’s too late to share your ideas. Suggestion box and email details above.
Thanks,
MADRA