First stage of community consultation closed.

With the closing of the online survey, the first stage of our community consultation has now come to an end. A huge thank you to everyone who has contributed to the development of the Place Plan so far. We have received many thoughtful responses and valuable feedback from across the district.

Community members engaged with us through workshops, online platforms and surveys. Workshops were held in Tambo Crossing, Swifts Creek, Omeo and Benambra. The team also attended community events and activities, including the Omeo Show, where we were able to hear more from young people, families and visitors to the area. We were fortunate to align this work with recent project and program engagement, such as Listening to the Voices of Children and Young People and the Mayor for a Day activity delivered by Uniting, Communities for Children and Council. This helped ensure that relevant consultations are reflected in the development of the Plan.

We have had 486 participants visit the Place Plan website, with 85 submissions and 52 downloads. From the website data alone, we can see that 304 visitors were ‘aware’, 131 were ‘informed’ and 70 were ‘engaged’.

We are now collating all responses into the draft Place Plan. This preparation will take some time to ensure the draft meets both community and Council expectations. With the Christmas holiday period fast approaching and in recognition of the time needed by our community partners who are supporting the review process we expect to share a Draft Place Plan with the community in February 2026.

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