Projects proposed by your community

The groynes along town beach and the marina are not very appealing and have not been designed to be people friendly. However they have a big impact on the visual amenity of the town. I feel this could be addressed if some simple shapes and sculputres (perhaps made from shade cloth for example) are created along the groynes to make distinctive shapes, for example the shape of a whale or a dragon sitting in the water.

Also lighting in the evenings may be onther idea where the lights are placed to create shapes of boats/animals when veiwed from different locations on the foreshore etc.

I feel that if we can establish some mounting points along the groynes, the shapes could be regularly changed to create different ideas to reflect the seasons and festivities in the City.

Currently there is no common architecture that is characteristic of Geraldton. I suggest that the City and the design / building industry combine to put up a $10000 - $20 000 prize for architects, artists, the community to define a "geraldton architecture".

Factors that could be included are referencing historic precedents - Aboriginal, Noonan, Hawes, Federation; landscape context - coast, farmland, Moresby's; environmental context - wind, sun, cool winters etc.

Also this could include a design language for houses, group houses, industrial etc. There could also be a different language for locations e.g. coast, hills etc

All the entries from the competition could be put up in a public space for the community to vote upon. In addition they could also be judged by an expert panel who would be required to explain IN DETAIL, why they picked their winner.

This result could input to the the City's new Town Planning Scheme

Investigate innovative ideas, drawing on best practice from other Councils, with a view to introducing recycling to the Midwest without the rate payer having to bear significant cost. Please sign up if you'd like to be enabled as a citizen of Geraldton to be a responsible waste manager and contribute to the environmental movement. We've got some big ideas for the future, let's add to these a wonderful story of how Geraldton overcame some of the regional obstacles that precluded it from participating in the recycling movement. How satisfying it will be to know that recyclable packaging will actually be recycled, and that the end of the supply chain in Geraldton will be the beginning of another!

How about a tram line going from the CBD north and South. The Northbound could go out Chapman Road and along the coast past the Bluff point area and curve back before the Chapman river to run along Chapman road again all the way to Drummonds. The South bound could run up Francis, then along Willock Drive, in front of African Reef to link up with Glendinning Road before heading across the highway and up into Seacrest.

It would be a bit like the old Perth Fremantle line in that it would create great hubs at each station and like the Melbourne Trams it wouldnt need a dedicated track for the most part as it could share the roads. It would provide a great link between the areas of Geraldton and a tourist attraction at the same time as the views would be wonderful. It would also allow tourists to get around without their cars and the kids to go to and from town without the confusion of the bus routes.

An idea from the World Cafes was to establish an official Youth Council with a structure and function similar to that of the actual City Council. This is to give youth a voice in strategic decision making.

Designate the city centre a Low Emissions Zone and send out a sustainability message to shake traditional thinking in Australia. What is a LEZ? Let it be something that meets the needs of Our Vision. A reduced carbon footprint from buildings and transport. Renewable energy, rainwater harvesting, lots of trees, reduced noise, reduced greenhouse gas and toxic exhaust emissions. Encourage bikes and pedestrians. Work with the Transport Authority and have buses that meet the needs of the people. Encourage new electric vehicles and provide electric charging stations in the "Zone". Hybrids, diesels and get some research into hydrogen fuel cells. Define our Geraldton LEZ with high visibility gateways proclaiming our intent. You are now entering a people friendly zone planned and designed around the needs of humans where pedestrians have priority. The pace is slow but the thinking is modern, innovative and creative. The ideas are endless, what else can we include in our Low Emissions Zone?

Regular transportation link between Mullewa and Geraldton, via a shuttle bus service.

The need for this project was identified through a community consultation in Mullewa conducted by the Midwest GP Network and Population Health Midwest. The community welcomes any opportunity for additional community forums to discuss this proposal.

The rational of this initiative is that many community members in Mullewa do not have vehicles or drivers licences to travel to Geraldton for their health and social needs. This lack of access results in frustration and aggression among the community.

If implemented, this initiative has potential to bring positive physical, social and mental health outcomes for Mullewa residents.

There's no doubt the Light house in Point Moore is an icon of our city. Its prime location and elevation give it a strong touristic potential. We could have and a local tourism operator showing tourists the great views of the Indian Ocean and of our city from up there. This could be coupled with some words on the history of Geraldton as well as the shipwrecks in the area. The tourism information centre would provide information on this service.

Geraldton appears to be particularly reliant upon transporting food from other areas into town. While the local Growers market has been a fantastic improvement both in quality, freshness and fewer transport miles, We need to do more to secure our community's food needs into the future, both as a form of community resilience, and for improved health and wellbeing of people and planet. I would like to look at other ways of promoting local produce for example in our locally owned supermarkets, neighbourhood garden and verge projects, parks and shared spaces.

In the Greater Geraldton region, emulate the initiative of the Ashburton Aboriginal Corporation at Tom Price, with support from Council, Federal and State Governments, and major mining companies including Rio Tinto, to collect used oil from mining camp mess kitchens, transport it to a central site, and process it to produce bio-diesel fuel. The initiative solves a regional waste management problem (used oil), recycles it into a renewable liquid fuel that is more environmentally friendly (no sulphur) than fossil oil fuels and can be safely blended with conventional diesel,reducing reliance on imported fuel, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The initiative could create a new local business with ongoing employment, with people trained in bio-fuels production and handling, creating new skills capacity in the

region. The processing capacity can scale-up as regional growth driven by mining creates additional used oil stock. Advantage - follow the successful model of AAC at Tom Price.

I often and hear grumblings about there being no recycling in Geraldton. That is just not true. There is a lot of recycling going on here. What people mean is that they want it picked up at their doorstep!

So why not start in your own street. Meet your neighbours, share a trailer, collect all your recyclables and do a once a month round trip to the newspaper drop off (aquarena), scrap metal (place rd), aluminium cans (most sport groups have a can cage) etc. Take turns. If you have 6 neighbours its only your turn once every six months!

Collect organic waste and feed a neighbourhood or street worm farm and share the offerings from these creatures.

Many benefits and you dont need a pile of endorsements - just start!

Develop a contemporary HR Plan for the City addressing key strategic issues whilst ensuring that we maintain a dynamic and resourceful workforce, engaged and committed to the ideals and vision of the organisation. We want a workforce that is committed to best practice, well qualified in their fields of expertise, committed to innovation and an organisation that is prepared to acknowledge the need to have a work - life balance.

The Plan will need to be addressing obvioulsy current minimum standards of employment and related HR legislation that will be worked through future revisions of the City's Collective Agreements.

The aim of the Plan will need to provide prospective and current employees an understanding of the values of the organisation and the ultmate desire that the City is an employer of choice.

A group of volunteers have started an online ride-sharing group called ‘Geraldton Community’ group using the Pick-up Pal software. We think it is way to cut fuel costs and improve safety on journeys between destinations like Geraldton and Perth. We already have more than 25 members, have saved an estimated $1000 in fuel costs and more than 1700kg in carbon emissions through ridesharing since the group was established in November 2010. Now, we want to promote the service more widely AND get government agencies and large organisations to use the service.We all know that amongst all us locals we are making hundreds of car trips per week between Geraldton and Perth, Geraldton and Mullewa, and even commuting to Dongara etc. In all these cases it makes economic and environmental sense to rideshare. Wider funding is now being sought.More info at: http://wildpollinators.org/2011/01/16/pickuppal-geraldton/ and here: http://www.pickuppal.com/pup/group/Geraldton-Community

Sustainability will require a shift in culture, towards more collective values, more resilient social networks, and people who are happier because they feel 'connected', like they 'belong'.

This idea is to improve the availability and interactivity of information about community events in the 'real world'. The proposal is to use some of the under-utilised space in the Marine Terrace mall to host a beautiful community noticeboard that is updated weekly. This could lead to the mall being more of a 'community' space rather than purely commercial.

Geraldton should follow the lead of suburbs such at Fremantle and towns like Coral Bay and become the first plastic free city in Australia.

More and more countries and cities are banning the plastic bag, for example, Italy, china, Buenos, Quebec, Paris. Within the UK, Modbury in Devon was the first town to ban the plastic bag in 2007, and many more are following in their footsteps.

Facts: In the UK, each person throws away over 300 plastic bags yearly, with each bag being used only for 12 minutes. The overwhelming ubiquity of single use bags makes it a difficult issue to tackle. In the USA, over 100 billion are thrown away each year.

Many visitors to the Mid West travel by vans or campers and do not utilise caravan parks. Whilst we have voluntary fees at Ellendale Pool, which is well used by older campers, there is nowhere in the town that people can use. The Rangers are forced to move them on from various beach parking bays. Why not somewhere like Point Moore for a voluntary, short term camping spot?

No fresh water drinking facility exists at the lighthouse or Seperation pt. Please install a water fountain at these places. The fountain will need to be protected from vandals, not the same style as the ones along the foreshore which block up with bird poo. thanks

A Tree planting Program for Shade for the Future , with the weather getting hotter and people expected to use cars less there has to be somewhere to take a rest it would also create a family friendly area were people are able to sit under for a picnic or park under etc ..the trees would have to be big enough to be able to survive long enough to become Large shady trees , like the Vandals and other things that are usually done to them

Teams race that raises money for the the Flying Doctor and Cancer Research.

5 person teams 1 person swim leg, 1 person cycle, 1 person runs, 1 person sea kayak, 1 person horse ride.

Starting at the Marina the swim leg takes swimmers to the Stow Gardens beach, cycle leg follows to via walkaway Greenough Central, Horse leg takes over to Flat rocks and then back along the dunes to Greenough River Mouth, Sea kayak leg from River mouth to Point Moore with the final leg being a run leg from Point MOOre to the finishing line at the Museum on the Boardwalk.

Could become major event with competitors coming from through Australia.

Resources of Rotary, Sea Rescue, Lifesaving,Pony Club and others to be involved. Documentary can be made for national and international release.

Major regaional event can become annual and be a icon event for this region.

To create an annual festival for the Mid West Region that is family focused and appeals to all generations. The festival will be held in a rural setting at Nukara Farm in the Chapman Valley and will comprise of a weekend of bush themed projects and a family camp out. This festival is to encourage the building of healthy family relationships and for them to reconnect with the outdoors.

On Saturday there will be a series of bush art workshops, bush poetry and bush oven cookoffs by local multi-cultural chefs, using only fresh locally grown produce for the evening meal. Two Bush Bands will perform an interactive, energetic evening of bush dancing for all the family.

We will be advertising this event to surrounding rural communities, the Grey Nomads website, visitors centres and our local community. This is an opportunity to showcase the Midwest Region. We are currently seeking grant funding for this festival to ensure it is an affordable family event.

We want more regular (quarterly?) forums to get together with people developing proposals for civic evolution and other forms of government support: like the Big Ideas festival, but without the big expense.

A bunch of us are thinking we should organise some events that combine:

• inspiring videos, case studies, ‘tools’, tips and resources in a well-facilitated forum

• that make links between private, government and non-profit sectors, for better outcomes,

• that use some system of sharing resources and contacts that means we ‘help ourselves’ rather than just depending on the City or others.

• And, that result in more of our ideas happening, leading to a better Geraldton.

This proposal is to get your ideas and support about how this could happen, and to get the support of the City and Governance Alliance.

Currently community attitude towards the pet 'friendliness' of the City of Geraldton-Greenough is negative to say the least. As a regional town, most people living in the area have a pet. Providing a more pet friendly city would encourage people to get out, exercise, socialise and enjoy the city.

What I am proposing is to lift the restrictions on dogs on the Foreshore, Marina and other inner city areas. Dogs are to be on lead, and clean up bags should be provided. In addition to this, any drinking fountains should have a lower 'water bowl' attachment added. City cafe's and restaurants should be allowed to provide water in outside areas without fear of retribution from health inspectors. The city should look into the possibility of allowing pets on public transport.

Dog parks should be built in the main suburban parks. Dog parks are smaller fenced off, double gated areas (with clean up bags), where owners and pets can congregate safely, allowing pets to play and owners to socialise.

The preservation of the Moresby Ranges for future generations of Western Australians is an essential part of the creation of a sustainable living landscape for Geraldton and the Mid West.This can be achieved by a balanced approach of ecological management, not for profit business alliances, interactive landowners participation and pro-active administration through Local and State Government. Opportunities exist to develop partnerships with major resource companies involved with Oakajee and beyond, renewable energy providers, environmental agencies as well as philanthropic parties.

Our forefathers had the vision to create Kings Park and we have a similar opportunity to emulate their forsight if we act now and preserve the Morseby Ranges for public open space.