Arrowtown community shapes their future

Shaping our Future has been invited by the Arrowtown community to hold a forum on a long-term community vision for the village.

The visioning process starts with the opportunity to attend one of two public forums at the Arrowtown Athenaeum Hall, on August 26 and 27. The forum aims to bring the community together to develop a set of high-level outcomes and a 30-year vision. The vision will describe an ideal future for the town and community and unite the full spectrum of community interests and groups around a set of inspiring common goals.

The Arrowtown community previously held a series of workshops and forums in 1994 and 2003. Many of the elements of the previous plans still hold true for the community but there has been a lot of change in the area and now is a good time to re-engage with new community members, Shaping Our Future chairman David Kennedy says.

“We are delighted the Arrowtown community has invited us to help identify the long-term vision and priorities for the area. Shaping our Future has a robust community-driven process that brings everyone together to create a collective vision.

“The Shaping our Future process is intended to complement the previous work by being a proactive, future-focused and strategic initiative that will result in priority issues being addressed through a local forum and the formation of a local task force,” Kennedy explains.

The forum will identify a set of key priority issues that need to be addressed in the short- to medium-term but will also look further to the future of Arrowtown in 30, 40 or 50 years’ time. “By addressing these issues now the community can collectively work towards a common goal for future generations,” he says.

The forum will be facilitated in world café style with groups working together around tables. It will be inclusive of all ages and interests and will seek consensus as far as possible through prioritisation.

“This is an opportunity for residents, landowners, local workers and visitors to sit down and discuss a roadmap to the future for the area. By bringing everyone together using the Shaping our Future process we can create a shared vision the community can work towards for their children, grandchildren, future visitors and residents,” Kennedy says.

“We hope people will take the opportunity to join us at the forum and have their say on the future of Arrowtown.”

2015 has been a busy and successful year for Shaping our Future with the finalisation of the Visitor and Tourism Industry Report, Energy Report and new taskforces established for Glenorchy Community Visioning and Transport in the Queenstown Lakes District. The Upper Clutha Conservation Taskforce will present their findings and recommendations back to the community in September.

Details:
Forum: Wednesday 26th August 2015 at 6pm OR Thursday 27th August 2015 at 6pm (participants can attend either night)
Venue: Arrowtown Athenaeum Hall

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