New Online Tool Will Listen to Community

We’re Listening Melville will enable the City to build a picture of the community’s preferences and areas of interest. On trial for three months, it will become permanent if enough people become involved.

Mayor Russell said the online tool was a fun, new way for the community to talk to  the City.

“To gain feedback from the community, the City has previously conducted letter drops, telephone surveys, face-to-face interviews and public meetings,” he said.

“Depending on the circumstances, these methods will continue to be used however the community now has the convenience of offering their opinions online, from the comfort of their own home.

“We’re Listening Melville aims to make it easier for people to express their opinions on local issues. I encourage people to log on and tell us their thoughts.”

On the site, people will also be able to engage in forums, where they can discuss local topics among other residents of the City of Melville.

Currently on We’re Listening Melville are the following three cultural questions asking residents: What are the three things you like to do in the City of Melville and why?; What ideas do you have to enhance the quality of life in our community?; and When people visit what are you proud to show them in your local community and why?

Resident responses to these questions will be used to develop a set of guiding principles and actions that will assist the City to create its first-ever cultural vitality plan – a document designed to map the direction of cultural decisions in the City.

The City of Melville currently provides a range of cultural services to the community including: three museums, a gallery, five libraries, three community centres, a diverse calendar of multicultural and arts events, exhibitions, free concerts, art awards, sculpture walk, festivals for young people, PHAZE urban art project, book readings, seniors forums and history tours.

“The more participation we get the more meaningful and reflective the City’s first cultural vitality plan will be,” he said.

Residents who wish to offer their opinions to the City should go to http://werelisteningmelville.com.au or for further information call 1300 635 845.