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Weekly newsletter from Wagga Wagga City Council
First Printed Saturday 7 May 2022 | Issue #394
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS Wagga Wagga City Council is seeking community feedback on Council’s key long-term strategic plan, as well as associated delivery, operational and financial plans. Originally developed in 2017 after extensive community engagement and consultation, the Community Strategic Plan 2040 is now due for renewal. Continued inside
Serving a growing population: Wagga Wagga City Library expansion Wagga Wagga City Library is in the process of becoming a standalone library service with a range of new services to be delivered from 1 July 2022.
extensive community and stakeholder consultation, including individual and group meetings in locations across the Wagga Wagga Local Government Area and two online surveys: one in 2019 and one during the COVID lockdown. “The feedback from the community consultations was clear; the library service needed to grow, to be open for longer, have more rooms for people to have meetings, participate in group activities, do quiet learning, and provide Manager Library Services Claire regular library services to suburban Campbell said the library was expanding and rural villages located in the Wagga to serve a growing population in the Wagga Local Government Area. Wagga Wagga Local Government Area. “We needed to be able to actively “The changes we’re making now are reach out further into the community based on community feedback,” Ms and that’s exactly what we’ll be able Campbell said. to do with our new standalone library “In 2019 we undertook a review of service.” the library service, which included
From July 2022 the library will be operating a new Agile Library Service, which will see two custom designed library vans, each capable of carrying 3,000 items, operating a weekly service, delivering books, library services and programs to suburban areas across the city and rural villages in the Wagga Wagga Local Government Area. The timetable and locations for the Agile Library Van visits will be published on the library’s website, social platforms, and printed brochures will be distributed widely prior to the service commencing on 1 July. Ms Campbell said the Agile Library Service is designed to serve members of the community who are unable to visit AGILE LIBRARY: Manager Library Services Claire the library at the Civic Centre in person. Campbell is overseeing the expansion of the Wagga Continued inside Wagga City Library.
Please aim to keep a distance of at least 50cm between your bins when you present them on the kerbside for servicing. This space is needed to allow the reaching arm to grab hold of your bin to lift and then empty it into the truck. To learn more visit: wagga.nsw.gov.au/householdwaste
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