Message from Mayor Jude Dwight

Knox Council is developing several major plans this year that will have a significant influence on how and where we invest your rates. We are seeking community feedback to help us develop our next Council Plan, incorporating a Municipal Health and Wellbeing Plan.

This will guide the next Council and its focus and priorities for the next four years. The plan is our promise to the Knox community. It sets out what we will do to respond to changing needs and will be shaped by our aspirations, needs, values and priorities.

We are also seeking your input to help guide future improvements of land owned by Council around Westfield shopping centre. Council’s vision for Knox Central is to create a place to live, work and play that doesn’t exist anywhere else in Knox.

We want to hear what people would like to see included in this development, such as open space areas, play spaces, shared pathways, housing options, shopping and services.

Coinciding with the opening of our new Youth Hive space in the Knox Library at Westfield we want to hear from you on the services we offer for young people.

Other important plans that we want your feedback on include how we will invest in open space and how we can support more walking and cycling.

The next five years will guide Council’s actions for decades to come and this is an exciting time for you to help shape the future of Knox. It is important that you have your say now as our plans will guide Council’s work for years to come.

I urge community members to stay up to date on these and other plans via Council’s Have Your Say page. Consultation and expressions of interest close 11.59pm on Monday 1 April 2024.