Community Hubs

Today's Age has a good article about community involvement in developing a Community Hub in Callignee in Latrobe.  It's particularly interesting in that the local community were able to negotiate with Counil and the architects to get specific design elements to suit them.
The article is here:
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/hub-set-to-bring-a-town-together-20100718-10g4m.html

2010 Planning Week - Planning for Community Hubs Forum - call for Expressions of Interest

2010 Planning Week - Planning for Community Hubs Forum – call for Expressions of Interest

The PIA Social Planning Chapter will convene a one-day forum in Planning Week on the topic of Planning for Community Hubs.

Expressions of interest to participate and suggestions for topics are sought from Chapter members and others. These include suggestions for keynote speakers and case study presentations.

I plan for the forum to include several keynote speakers and two or three break-out sessions where participants can discuss aspects of planning for community hubs in detail.

Please feel free to forward this email to your contact lists.

Expressions of interest should be forwarded to Eula Black [eblack@planning.org.au] at the PIA by the 16th July 2010. These can be in an email, with the proposed title, presenter details and a short (max 250 words) description of the topic.

If you would like to discuss the Forum, please send an email to Eula and she will forward it to me.