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Community Plans

Greater Shepparton City Council is committed to develop community plans for small towns.

A community plan is a written document that investigates the current situation in relation to all aspects of a community; social, physical, economical and environmental. It identifies what the priorities are for the community which can be used to inform Council and other stakeholders who provides physical and financial resources for the region.

The community plans in Greater Shepparton are developed in line with the philosophy of Asset Based Community Development (ABCD). It involves the community taking ownership of the development of its community plan and to work in partnership with the Council.

A community plan should reflect what the community sees as their vision for the future and what its priorities are for improving and developing the community.

Some commonly recognised benefits of community planning are:

• A community plan identifies and demonstrates community strengths and areas of improvement.
• Having a community plan creates better decision making, local people have the best knowledge and wisdom about the area they live in.
• It makes fund raising easier, many organisations that provide grants require community involvement to have occurred before agreeing to financial assistance.
• It's an opportunity to promote innovation and new ideas.
• It develops community pride and offers possibilities for capacity building in the community.

Currently there are plans endorsed for the following communities:

• Dookie 2002
• Merrigum 2006
• Undera 2009
• Tatura 2010
• Mooroopna 2010
• Toolamba 2011
• Murchison 2011

Copies of these plans are available from the links below.