CHRC Update

CHRC Community Visioning Project

What do you love about the Central Highlands? Where do you see our community going? How do we get there and what needs to change?

These are just some of the big questions the Central Highlands Regional Council (CHRC) is calling on the community to help tackle in its ‘Your Region, Your Vision’ project.

The project aims to understand the wants and needs of the community and guide planning for the next 20 years, ultimately creating an overarching 2043 Vision for the Central Highlands, and a vision for each of the 13 communities within the region.

In a media release launching the project, Mayor Kerry Hayes says: “No idea is too big or small…we need diverse and creative ideas to solve matters that are important to the region…how we attract more families to the region, how we will plan housing for new residents, what new industries can we attract, what are the jobs of the future, what are the best kept secrets of our towns that we can share with the world – anything that will help make the Central Highlands a vibrant and prosperous region.”

Council is calling for residents, workers and visitors to submit their ideas, from ‘arts groups and sporting clubs, youth and senior citizens, charities and religious congregations, school students and apprentices, Indigenous communities, environmental groups, farmers and industry, businesses large and small, investors and visitors’.

How to share your feedback

You have until Sunday, 9th July, 2023 to submit your ideas and feedback.

Complete the survey online or on paper (available in the library and customer service areas)

Or you can post an idea online here or on a postcard available at Tieri Library.

For more information, check out the 2043 Vision project page and if you have any questions, please reach out to Council’s customer service team, on 1300 242 686.

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CHRC Community Grants Funding

Round 2 of the CHRC Community Grants Program opens in mid-July until the end of August. Through the grant program, Council aims to assist eligible local community groups and organisations in making positive contributions to the quality of life in their local government area.

Applications can be submitted in the following categories to the maximum indicated:

• Community assistance – up to $5000
  • Organisations with a community focus, not providing organised sport and recreation activities.
  • The organisation’s constitutions main objective is to provide community benefit.
• Sport and recreation assistance – up to $5000
  • Organisations providing organised sport and recreation activities.
  • The organisation’s main objective is to provide organised sport and recreation activities.
• Community improvement – up to $20,000
  • Organisations with a focus on completing aspirations of their community in alignment with Council Strategic documents.
  • This category is open to both community-focused organisations and sport and recreation organisations.

For more information, visit Community Grants.

Community Grant Program applications can be completed online Smarty Grants/ or you can contact a Grants Officer for a hard copy.

Please contact the Customer Service Centre on 1300 242 686.

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