diverse community and local council, that reflects the community it ‘An inclusive, serves.’ vision is to have a mixture of both young and old people on the council as ‘My councillors.’ ‘Council transparency.’ better and make themselves available to ‘Councillors communicate residents.’ council that runs the city for its residents not to be like some other ‘A city.’ Greater Geelong with a functional council, free of bureaucrats, that knows and ‘A understands the needs of the community to enable business and homeowners to achieve their goals.’ needs to be the community leader with a strong group of councillors that are ‘Geelong working for the community not for themselves. They need to have a vision about how to achieve this too.’ at Govt level. Continue to have leaders with a vision. Do things for the ‘Accountability good.’ council that has Geelong's best interest at ‘A heart.’ modern council that puts Geelong and people ‘A FIRST.’ council with vision and ability to bring people with ‘A them.’ areas of the City of Greater Geelong support by council not just central ’All Geelong.’ council with a long term ‘Productive vision.’ everyone has a ‘Shared vision- voice.’ leadership in bringing community together in vision and ‘Strong strategies.’ local government with elected councillors working for the community for the right ‘A reasons.’ democratically elected council electing a mayor who demonstrates common sense and ‘A leadership.’ for the people by the people a Mayor elected by the people for the ‘Councillors people.’ Developing outdoor community places and spaces (5.1%) Some visions focused on developing our natural assets (including the waterfront, bay and Eastern Beach and Barwon River), our open spaces and parks and the development of new outdoor recreation opportunities such as theme parks and water parks. need to play to our strengths and build on what we already have. Things like the bay ‘We and river - we need to utilise them more.’ the waterfront with a fun ‘Utilise park.’ blow up floating water park at Eastern ‘A Beach.’ a theme park at Eastern ‘Make Beach.’
‘An inclusive, diverse community and local council, that reflects the community it serves.’ ‘My vision is to have a mixture of both young and old people on the council as councillors.’ ‘Council transparency.’ ‘Councillors communicate better and make themselves available to residents.’ ‘A council that runs the city for its residents not to be like some other city.’ ‘A Greater Geelong with a functional council, free of bureaucrats, that knows and understands the needs of the community to enable business and homeowners to achieve their goals.’ ‘Geelong needs to be the community leader with a strong group of councillors that are working for the community not for themselves. They need to have a vision about how to achieve this too.’ ‘Accountability at Govt level. Continue to have leaders with a vision. Do things for the good.’ ‘A council that has Geelong's best interest at heart.’ ‘A modern council that puts Geelong and people FIRST.’ ‘A council with vision and ability to bring people with them.’ ’All areas of the City of Greater Geelong support by council not just central Geelong.’ ‘Productive council with a long term vision.’ ‘Shared vision- everyone has a voice.’ ‘Strong leadership in bringing community together in vision and strategies.’ ‘A local government with elected councillors working for the community for the right reasons.’ ‘A democratically elected council electing a mayor who demonstrates common sense and leadership.’ ‘Councillors for the people by the people a Mayor elected by the people for the people.’ Developing outdoor community places and spaces (5.1%) Some visions focused on developing our natural assets (including the waterfront, bay and Eastern Beach and Barwon River), our open spaces and parks and the development of new outdoor recreation opportunities such as theme parks and water parks. ‘We need to play to our strengths and build on what we already have. Things like the bay and river - we need to utilise them more.’ ‘Utilise the waterfront with a fun park.’ ‘A blow up floating water park at Eastern Beach.’ ‘Make a theme park at Eastern Beach.’
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