Extension to Roxy ideas shopfront
July 16, 2016
A busy end to last week has led Vision 2020 to extend the Roxy Café Shopfront for another week.
It will now open next Thursday and Friday 10am to 4pm. It will continue to be manned by volunteers.
There have been many valuable ideas expressed by both residents and by visitors....
Visions of Gwydir Shire in 2030
June 24, 2016
The new and reinvigorated committee of Vision 2020 is planning the next steps in developing a Vision for 2030. “We would like to thank our sponsors for the ‘Presidential’ night - Community Mutual (whose ongoing support enables us to facilitate a number of stimulating events each year), Bingara IGA,...
Vibrant and successful AGM for Bingara and District VISION 20/20
June 18, 2016
The recent Bingara and District VISION 20/20 Annual General Meeting had a ‘theatrical twist’ at the Roxy. Four “Presidents” were invited to reflect on their fourteen years in power from 2016 to 2030. Presidents Chrissie Smyth, Tanya Heaton, Megan Stammer and Bernadette Allport spoke passionately about the achievements of...
Having a good look at the ‘wider Gwydir’
May 27, 2016
“We can either be history takers or history makers” said V2020 member Garry McDouall when asked why we need to have a panel discussion about wider Gwydir in 2030. “Do you remember how American travel-writer Bill Bryson described Bingara as ‘a hot and listless village with a dozing main...
Gwydir 2030 takes the next step
April 12, 2016
In introducing two recent workshops, Garry McDouall said that whilst our community has been extraordinarily successful in achieving many aspects of the 2020 Vision, we had perhaps not progressed some of our people issues as well as we might. The purpose of the workshops is to help build our...
Gwydir Vision 2030 A bridge to the future
December 1, 2015
The Gwydir community excelled at the Vision 2030 Summit last Thursday, with sixty five people comprising all age groups and regions of the shire in attendance. Looking towards the future,Vision 2030 representatives Garry McDouall & John Bishton The crowd met in Warialda to start the process of developing a...
Dare to Dream and save our shire
November 23, 2015
As residents and businesses of the Gwydir Shire face the multiple pressures of possible amalgamation and increased costs Vision 2020 president John Bishton is urging residents to consider what we can do to ‘Save our Shire.’ Ten years ago the southern end of the shire developed a vision for...
VISION 2020 TO DRIVE A POLICY RETHINK FOR RURAL NSW
November 11, 2015
In the wake of IPART’s recent decision to declare 56 councils in the state ‘unfit for the future’, Bingara and District Vision 2020 has decided it’s time to make a stand. The release of IPART’s decision has only fuelled a fire that has been burning for some time and...
Ales, tales and high hopes for the future
September 30, 2015
The future of Bingara looks bright after a large crowd of locals attended the ‘Ales and Tales’ event in support of Bingara and District Vision 2020 last Thursday evening. A total of 140 guests including the team from James Squire Brewing and a contingent of staff from Stahmann’s Pecans...
Concerns for the future of the Gwydir River
February 11, 2015
Copeton Dam, on the Gwydir River, is one of the biggest water storages in NSW. Its 1.3 Million Megalitre capacity captures and stores water for the primary purpose of irrigation. Since its completion in 1973 Copeton Dam has regulated the flow of water in the Gwydir River and...
