Evening All,
Some background and extra pieces of information.
We are ordinary group of people - no ties to government, councils, developers etc - we simply want this blank canvas called Adelaide to be painted with brighter colours then is currently proposed.
We have been submitting proposals to ACC and government for some time, we decided to get serious and bring together a lot of our (and we believe many South Australians) ideas and hopes to the fray and try to make people notice, basically out of shear frustration - particulalry on the Victoria Park decision.
We only have basic tools availible to us and offcourse we all work fulltime so apologies for some of the mockups and refinement. We are trying to get an architect on board to get some formal sketches and capture our plan more concisely and we hope to bring some more economics and further plans to a second proposal.
So far we have submitted the proposal to Business SA, SA Tourism, both sides of government, Sunday Mail/Advertiser, all ACC councilors and the Adelaide Parklands Management Strategy. We are attempting to get in touch with the SAJC and SA Motorsport board to work together on the Victoria Park proposal and bring stakeholders back to the table. We also have been contacted to have further discussions with some of the above mentioned parties.
We have also sent a copy to Property Oz and some key building industry personnel who are keen for Adelaide to move forward.
So far we have received very good feedback, and hope to build on a positive start.
We would urge all Sensational Adelaide members to participate actively in making submissions to council and goverment, they will only listen if you submit, its that simple. As some of you may know Victoria Parks current plan (to scrap horse racing etc) was approved with around 1100 respondents with only 55% for the proposal, 15% against and the rest undecided. Many of the ideas brought to the fray in this forum meet staunch opposition form very organised and very conservative groups who are our complete opposites from an ideological stand point. These people do submit and they do get what they want as with such low participation rates their few hundres members make all the difference. So I would urge you all to keep your eye on the councils website and submit and respond to their proposals.
Coming up to election and with governments writing policy now, if we really do want change now is the time to make sure your heard and push your ideas through.
If you are keen to be involved drop us an email and lend us your support and ideas
[email protected] during discussions knowing we have 5, 10 or 50 others with aligned views always helps.
We hope to hear from as many of you as possible.
James
Vision for Adelaide Team
You've got our attention.
