Ballarat West Growth Zone - Vision 08.09.09

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 Ballarat West Growth Zone 

The task team, with agreement from the senior officers of the City of Ballarat, has settled on a range of steps that Committee will undertake to lobby for accelerated development of both the Link Road and Employment Zone. This includes writing to Minister Jennings seeking his support for the early release of the land to allow development by the City.
The task team executive observed that there was no attention to jobs growth for Ballarat and the region through the State or Federal Budget and that momentum continues to be slow. With the Executive of the Board, it prepared and launched ‘ten thousand jobs in ten years’ for Ballarat as a way of gaining renewed traction for this important initiative in the face of slow progress otherwise. This was not initially more widely publicised in view of the need for maximum impact at the launch, as agreed in discussion with a professional public relations organisation. The Chair and CEO have had meetings with a range of stakeholders relating to moving 10,000 in 10 years forward.

THE NEXT STEPS

1.    Continue lobbying at local, State and Federal level.  

2.    Co-ordinate development of 10,000 jobs in 10 years with stakeholders

3.    Continue to communicate and lobby at a local level including through the media and via the Round Table Dinner.

4.    Secure broader membership understanding and support in lobbying process.

 24 May 2010