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Anglesea Community Network – four years on Following its launch in 2017, the Anglesea Community Network (ACN) has now firmly established itself in town. ACN set itself the aim of better facilitating the communication and information flow within and across the community. Prior to the emergence of COVID, it held a large number of public meetings across topics such as:
A series of public forums were conducted by Zoom to help monitor the welfare of the town during the pandemic.
Affordable housing developments especially for workers in the business sector. Pedestrian safety linked to footpaths and seating.
Bushfire preparedness, eight sessions with the CFA from 2018 to 2020.
The establishment of Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority.
Two of our members sit on the Great Ocean Road coastal towns network group, to help protect towns along the coast.
Establishment of a Movie Club in Anglesea. It is well worth remembering that ACN is not:
A presentation on water issues from Barwon Water’s CEO.
The driver of any issue.
Sustainable water strategy for the Anglesea River.
A political lobby group.
Streetscaping and planning group to preserve the character of Anglesea.
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A peak organisation for the town. A replacement for any other group.
More recently, we entered discussions and activities around:
You can join the discussions about any or all of the topics and keep up-to-date with any public forums by subscribing to our regular Bulletin.
COVID recovery via a series of ‘flashes’ to rapidly feed relevant information into the community.
info@angleseacommunitynetwork.org.au www.angleseacommunitynetwork.org.au
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