Archive for the ‘Vision 2020’ Category

Award winning Film Maker to feature at Future Making Event
Damon Gameau is an award-winning Australian actor who has appeared in a range of productions. As a Director he was the winner of Tropfest in 2011, and ‘That Sugar…’  Film marked his first feature length film. The film is now the highest-grossing Australian documentary of all time and has had...
“Disruption, Change and Opportunity” – are you prepared?
‘There are those who make things happen, there are those who watch things happen, and there are those who say, “What happened?”!’ This quote, attributed to Mary Kay Ash, explains the way we humans face the future. Some of us take on the challenge to create the future. We are...
Wider Gwydir Vision 2030 to be launched with ‘Disruption, Change and Opportunity theme’
After many months of community surveys, the collecting of citizens’ thoughts and ideas, and the summarising of these into one document, the Wider Gwydir Vision 2030 report is ready. It will be launched on Friday, June 23 by our local NSW MP Adam Marshall at an all day Workshop at...
Getting motorhomers and caravaners to stop for a while in Bingara
“Motor-homers and RV travellers are a very important part of the main street economic picture in Gwydir shire” said Bingara and District Vision 2020 president and business owner John Bishton. “V2020 is delighted to be working with Gwydir Shire Council to put on this free workshop about the RV market...
Gwydir Shire a centre for adventure?
Ideas from the first stage of the Wider Gwydir Vision process show that our shire has the makings of a world famous adventure centre.  The ideas were suggested at the recent pop-up shopfront in Bingara. Motor Bikes: Do you know that North Star already has a huge annual trail bike rally...
Strong response to ‘Wider Gwydir’ pop-up shop
The first week of the Wider Gwydir pop-up shop has been a great success.  There has been thoughtful feedback pinned up on noticeboards; with notes from visitors, both Bingara and away, sharing their ideas on how they see Bingara evolving, leading up to 2030. For those who haven’t yet been...
Your one stop shop to help shape the Shire’s future
The Roxy Café is being transformed. For the next three weeks this is the place to come to be inspired, to think about the future of the Shire, and to contribute your ideas. This community has achieved amazing things in the last 10 years. You will be surprised to reflect...
“Our Future” Shopfront
We wish to create a physical space to entice & excite our community (and our visitors) to think about the future for our town & district (and “Wider Gwydir” – our Shire). 20 people met last week at the venue, the Roxy Café, to start to plan, and came...
Still time for local community ideas
On Thursday evening, the Bin­gara Shopfront will be open, giving residents the opportunity to meet candidates in Saturday’s Council election. The ‘wine and cheese’ even­ing, which begins at 5pm, will be ostensibly to give business people and others who have not been able to visit the shop is working hours,...
Shopfront planned to showcase the ‘Wider Gwydir’
Vision 2020 invites residents to a community meeting on Thursday, July 28 to plan the next step in creating a vision/strategic plan for the whole of the shire. Vision 2020 suggests that this process be called “Wider Gwydir - Our Future”. Vision 2020’s goal for ‘Wider Gwydir’ is that...