Indigo 2030
What do you see?
Indigo Shire in the year 2030
What is the Indigo 2030 project?
If you had a crystal ball, what do you think you would see in Indigo Shire in the year 2030? This project involved Indigo residents imagining the future and how it might be achieved. This "vision" was identified initially by the community in the compilation of our current Council Plan.
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Beechworth cartoon artist Adrian Osborne with students and teachers from Upper Sandy Creek Primary School, with caricatures of the students' future selves.
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Why did we do it
In order to plan for the future, we need a clear direction. Indigo 2030 will generate community conversations and creative expression in our shire and will identify your ideas, values and priorities. Indigo 2030 will provide a high level, long-term pointer for the Council and the community from which more specific planning can be developed. It will sit above the Council Plan, which guides the work Council does during a four-year election cycle.
What will be the outcome?
The information collected from the community throughout the consultation process will go towards the creation of an Indigo 2030 community plan that will guide Indigo Shire Council in the future. The plan will provide a clear direction, and a shared vision that can be used in future strategic planning and decision making.
How we did this
We used diverse and unusual mechanisms to gather the collective wisdom and ideas of our people.
Community Champions
Our community is full of busy people. Many people are interested in contributing to the shape of their areas but are unable to attend meetings. Our crew of Community Champions were seen out and about in all the Indigo Shire towns. They covered all areas, from the main street, the library, in the school yard and the footy.
Visual Art and Short Story Competitions
Postcard
All homes and businesses in Indigo Shire received a Reply Paid postcard in the mail. This had information about the project. We invited you to write or draw your ideas for the future on the card and post it back to us. We received hundreds of excellent responses via this method of communication.
Indigo 2030 Song
Indigo Shire is home to many amazing and talented musicians, so we are creating a song that tells us what people in Indigo Shire see for their future. With the help of Yackandandah's Peter Denahy the Indigo 2030 song will be informative, fun, and be an “anthem” for our community. It will be recorded, giving it a life beyond its reason for being, and used in the Indigo 2030 film and other Indigo Shire material.
The Film
How do we communicate the results of the stories, visual art, conversations, and song? A film of course!
The film will be an inspiring, accurate and unique piece about living in Indigo Shire and tell us about who we are now, as well as what sort of future we are working towards.
The film will show us the essential messages and ideas that have been collected through the many methods of community consultation. We will show it at community events, as well as serve as a summary of the results of the Indigo 2030 project.