PAE Today Community Newsletter Spring 2019

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Opportunities to
Have Your Say
CITY PLAN REVIEW
Improving our community
A new Council was elected in November
2018, and in conjunction with the Elected
Members, we are now reviewing our City
Plan 2030.This overarching, high level plan is
an articulation of our purpose as a Council. It
captures and presents the aspirations of the
people of PAE, Elected Members and staff for
the future.
To become familiar with the five themes
of the current plan, and see some of the
achievements we have made during the life of
the plan visit
where you can also let us know if you have
seen improvements in line with the plan, in
your local community.
ARTS AND CULTURE PLAN
Celebrating our diversity
Creating opportunities to access and
participate in arts and culture is a priority
for us and work is underway on a new Arts
and Culture Strategy 2020-2025. Arts and
culture plays an important role in delivering
the objectives of our City Plan - so we want
to make sure we plan well and our strategy
is right for PAE now and into the future.
We know that art can be used as a tool to
help us achieve our goals across all areas of
our work - from helping people understand
environmental issues to promoting waste
reduction to helping people to connect.
Because local perspectives and voices are
important, we took to the road during July
and August, holding consultation sessions at
seven locations, with one in each Council
ward. These sessions gave real insight into
the preferences and cultural interests of
our geographically diverse communities.
We also had conversations with key artists
and arts organisations, community service
organisations and businesses across and
beyond. Creative interviews were also held
in shopping centres in Port Adelaide, Kilburn
and Greenacres.
An online survey was developed from the key
T here are regular opportunities
for you to have your say on
PAE projects and initiatives. By
getting input from you - the people who
live, work, study, play, own a business or
care for someone in PAE, we can get a
better understanding of your experiences
and perspectives.We know that as an
important part of our community you
have the insights, skills, knowledge and
experience that are of value for us and
can influence the work that we do and
the decisions we make.
We are always seeking to create
community consultation processes that
are easy to participate in, and which take
into account any barriers to participation
experienced by particular groups, with
special attention given to the needs of
children, young people, women, older
people, people with a disability, Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander people and
people from a culturally and linguistically
diverse background.
PAEtoday SPRING 2019
Current Major Consultations Spring 2019