Workshop: vincentvision2024
Saturday is normally the day for us to do our weekly shopping at the local supermarket, have a look around for furniture (since we are still in the process of furnishing the house, in particular the Family Living and Dining areas), and also went to visit any houses open for display/inspection, just to make sure we are up to date with current market trends, and also getting ideas for our future project(s).
Today is totally different since we'd be attending a workshop organized by local council, to get some feedback from the general public, in their process of producing a 20-year vision for the town.
The whole vision ideas was supposed to become some sort of guidelines for the council, on how Town of Vincent would handle the rapid growth, in terms of town planning, new developments, re-developments, urban infill, densities and population; all without sacrificing life comfort, heritage aspects and the values upheld by the general communities.
We arrived there just in time before it started. As we registered, it dawned upon me that today's participants came from a wide range of locations within the city limits, so it would be interesting to learn something from everyone.
From my observation, one thing that really worries most of the people is the prospect of growing and changing within the city. They seemed afraid that any new developments introduced in their neighborhood (especially if it involve multiple dwellings development) would terribly upset the original peaceful environment it once might have. What this mean, is that they would rather have whatever they have now, stays the same 20, 30 years into the future. So any needs for the city (or even the state) to increase number of housing available for the public, would have to be done somewhere else, thus the increasing size of the suburban areas, via the neverending urban sprawl to the all four corners outside Perth. Total suburbia!
(And the state of WA find it very hard to cope with the fast growth, and the constant needs to provide and keep building up new infrastructure for the new suburbs, when the existing ones are still sufficient and good)
You see, Town of Vincent areas are very unique, since they are located just outside of the Perth city fringe, therefore giving its high mixes of architectural style, inner city feel crossing with regular home style in the suburb. The proximity to the city also resulting in high mixture of personal background and culture within the community.
What I personally believe, is in order for the city to be successful, it must NOT restraint itself from growing as the needs required it to be, even if it means changing for the sake of it.
Just like Darwin's theory, we as human beings would NOT be where we are now if we did not adapt ourselves to the constant changes happening in the world; therefore the same goes with the place we live in.
What important are that those changes (and growth) be carefully accessed and made in line with other importance of needs within the community who lives there. It's a fine balance to work this out, but it IS something which needed to be done.
From the brainstorming session held, it really amazed me how all this preliminary ideas came about for discussion, which shows how the public really cares about the place they live in.
I just hope it would be all be channeled in a positive way, so that the council could work out what best for the city and the public, and carefully implement them in the visions for Town of Vincent. Hopefully, in 8 months time, the vision for the city would come into reality, something everybody could be proud of, therefore enhancing the qualities of life available here in the area.
I for one, am looking forward for more of such activities and discussion, involving the communities in my neighbourhood.
Today is totally different since we'd be attending a workshop organized by local council, to get some feedback from the general public, in their process of producing a 20-year vision for the town.
The whole vision ideas was supposed to become some sort of guidelines for the council, on how Town of Vincent would handle the rapid growth, in terms of town planning, new developments, re-developments, urban infill, densities and population; all without sacrificing life comfort, heritage aspects and the values upheld by the general communities.
We arrived there just in time before it started. As we registered, it dawned upon me that today's participants came from a wide range of locations within the city limits, so it would be interesting to learn something from everyone.
From my observation, one thing that really worries most of the people is the prospect of growing and changing within the city. They seemed afraid that any new developments introduced in their neighborhood (especially if it involve multiple dwellings development) would terribly upset the original peaceful environment it once might have. What this mean, is that they would rather have whatever they have now, stays the same 20, 30 years into the future. So any needs for the city (or even the state) to increase number of housing available for the public, would have to be done somewhere else, thus the increasing size of the suburban areas, via the neverending urban sprawl to the all four corners outside Perth. Total suburbia!
(And the state of WA find it very hard to cope with the fast growth, and the constant needs to provide and keep building up new infrastructure for the new suburbs, when the existing ones are still sufficient and good)
You see, Town of Vincent areas are very unique, since they are located just outside of the Perth city fringe, therefore giving its high mixes of architectural style, inner city feel crossing with regular home style in the suburb. The proximity to the city also resulting in high mixture of personal background and culture within the community.
What I personally believe, is in order for the city to be successful, it must NOT restraint itself from growing as the needs required it to be, even if it means changing for the sake of it.
Just like Darwin's theory, we as human beings would NOT be where we are now if we did not adapt ourselves to the constant changes happening in the world; therefore the same goes with the place we live in.
What important are that those changes (and growth) be carefully accessed and made in line with other importance of needs within the community who lives there. It's a fine balance to work this out, but it IS something which needed to be done.
From the brainstorming session held, it really amazed me how all this preliminary ideas came about for discussion, which shows how the public really cares about the place they live in.
I just hope it would be all be channeled in a positive way, so that the council could work out what best for the city and the public, and carefully implement them in the visions for Town of Vincent. Hopefully, in 8 months time, the vision for the city would come into reality, something everybody could be proud of, therefore enhancing the qualities of life available here in the area.
I for one, am looking forward for more of such activities and discussion, involving the communities in my neighbourhood.
For more info, please check:vincentvision2024
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