COMMUNITY SERVICES Carterton’s community services are an essential thread in our social and cultural tapestry.
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As more families arrive in Carterton to bring up their kids, it is vital our community facilities are fit-for-purpose, can keep up with demand, and offer our people (young and old) opportunities to get involved. Cr Rebecca Vergunst
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A joint advisory group has been set up by the council and the swimming club to consider options. The preferred option is not yet known. Our facilities—from the Events At some point in the future, we may Centre, to the swimming pool, to need to construct a replacement our many open green spaces—bring aquatic centre. This is one of the people together, contribute to a options being considered by a joint sense of belonging and pride, and advisory group. At this stage the add to community well-being. council is yet to consider options, so no commitment has been made to If our recent Carterton Residents’ any changes to the current facilities, Satisfaction Survey is anything to go by, council’s community spaces, except a small budget that has been set aside to address the changing both indoor and outdoor, are well shed earthquake-prone building used and certainly appreciated by issues. the public. And in delivering these services we work in partnership There will be significant dialogue and with a number of volunteer community engagement if or when groups—Keep Carterton Beautiful we need to consider a new aquatic Group, Lions, and the Mangatārere facility or a major investment in our Restoration Society to name a current facility. few. Without these partnerships, our public spaces would not be as A significant new facility on the fantastic as they are. horizon is HubCAP, a $3.2 million multi-sports complex at Howard Bearing in mind our focus on Booth Park proposed by the upgrading our core infrastructure Carterton Sports and Recreation over the next decade, we will Trust. If successful, this could embark on modest projects to provide more opportunities for update some of our community community involvement. amenities. The council will consult on the For example, we are beginning work use of the park and any financial on refurbishing the entrance to contribution it may make to the Carrington Park, and have set aside HubCAP once the Trust has finalised funding to develop the Kaipaitangata its business case. This is likely to be Forest Block as a recreation area in 2019. The Trust is not looking to with a network of tracks suitable the council to be a major funder of for walking, mountain biking, and this project. horse riding. Again, these will likely be in partnership with community As more families arrive in Carterton volunteer groups. to bring up their kids, it is vital our community facilities are fit-forWe are faced with a challenge in purpose, can keep up with demand, relation to our swimming facilities. and offer our people (young and old) The very popular council-owned opportunities to get involved. We will open-air baths on Pembroke continue to maintain our community Street and the neighbouring indoor facilities to meet those demands. pool, owned and operated by the Carterton Swimming Club, are both showing their age, and require renovations to ensure they are safe for use.