Friday, 11 August 2017

Expresso Me to the Aroma Festival

BY DANIELLE RIES

This weekend the Maitland Your Say team will be at this year's Aroma Festival to talk all things community.

The festival will be taking place in the riverside car park at the levee, where the Maitland Your Say team is encouraging members of the community to come and express their thoughts on a range of projects.

The community can have their say on a range of projects including the Lorn Riverbank and Queens Wharf in Morpeth, The Maitland Urban Settlement and Local Planning Strategy, as well as the Open Museum concept.

MaitlandCity Council's executive manager for strategy and performance Leah Flint says the council are focusing on a few different projects.

"There's a chance for people to talk to us anything and everything to do with the council, but we are focusing on three particular projects this year".

She also says the opinions of residents will go a long way in helping these projects.

"Councils committed to using the results of the engagement to inform their decision making. So all of those plans have a report that goes back to council with what the community says, the results of that engagement, and it all goes into informing the ultimate project delivery that comes out at the end of the process". 

Credit- Maitland Aroma Website