Community to have their say face-to-face

Orange City Council is urging the community to join a consultation that will guide how the city develops.

Under the FutureOrange banner Council is looking for feedback on how the city adapts, protects and advances. The consultation will form the basis of the Community Strategic Plan (CSP).

As part of the engagement Council is hosting four community forums.

Council will also continue with on-line engagement and will be hosting face to face sessions with key stakeholder groups such as schools and at other sites such including touch football and the Aquatic centre.

The CSP is the highest level of strategic planning undertaken by a council and is part of Council’s Integrated Planning & Reporting requirements. The Plan aims to capture the views of the community to provide a blueprint for Orange.

Orange Mayor Jason Hamling said the CSP was about exploring what sort of place our community wants Orange to be.

“What do you love about Orange? What can we do better? What would you change? What do you wish was here?,” Cr Hamling said. “The CSP is the document that guides council activities. The last time Orange City Council staged a community-wide conversation about the city’s future was in 2017 and a call to develop sport and recreation facilities topped the list, which led to significant investment. In 2011 it was all about water and resulted a $100 million investment in water security,” he said.

To ensure the forums are COVID-19 safe in terms of attendance numbers please RSVP to council@orange.nsw.gov.au or by phoning 6393 8000.

Venues, Dates and Times

  • Community Forum – Civic Centre – Tuesday February 22 – 1pm-2.30pm
  • Community Forum – Civic Centre – Tuesday February 22 – 6pm-7.30pm
  • Community Forum – Civic Centre – Thursday February 24 – 1pm-2.30pm
  • Community Forum – Civic Centre – Thursday February 24 – 6pm-7.30pm

A draft CSP will be compiled and placed on exhibition for further community comment before it is considered and adopted by council.

The new Council will also have an important role in informing the draft CSP.

That document and its priorities will help shape next year’s budget and budgets in years to come.

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The initial community consultation phase of FutureOrange has now ended. Thank you for all you contributions.

These contributions are now being assembled into a draft report. 

In due course, Orange residents will be able to read the draft report and provide any further feed-back.