{"id":10897,"date":"2021-04-01T03:17:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T03:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=10897"},"modified":"2021-04-01T03:17:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T03:17:23","slug":"city-calls-on-the-community-to-shape-2040-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/04\/01\/city-calls-on-the-community-to-shape-2040-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"City calls on the community to shape 2040 vision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The services and facilities required in 2040 are being explored as City of Newcastle prepares a new Community Strategic Plan on behalf of the community.<br \/>\nThe new Community Strategic Plan, Newcastle 2040, is the city\u2019s contract between the community and City of Newcastle. It is important that residents, ratepayers, businesses and community groups from across Newcastle work with the City in planning for the next decade and beyond.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lord-Mayor-Nuatali-Nelmes-with-students-from-Callaghan-College-Waratah-infront-of-the-digital-vision-wall.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/City-calls-on-the-community-to-shape-2040-vision\/Lord-Mayor-Nuatali-Nelmes-with-students-from-Callaghan-College-Waratah-infront-of-the-digital-vision-wall.JPG\" alt=\"Lord-Mayor-Nuatali-Nelmes-with-students-from-Callaghan-College-Waratah-infront-of-the-digital-vision-wall.JPG\" \/>Over the coming months, the City will lead face-to-face and online engagement asking the community to consider what they want Newcastle to look like in 2040.<br \/>\nNewcastle 2040 will be used by the City to develop its investment priorities, whether it be how much to spend building footpaths through to the types of festivals the City hosts and attracts.<br \/>\nNewcastle Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes said that Newcastle 2040 will reflect the community\u2019s values and will guide the City\u2019s project delivery plans and annual budgets.<br \/>\n\u201cNow is the time for the community to have their say in developing a blueprint for the future of our city,\u201d the Lord Mayor said.<br \/>\n\u201cEveryone is encouraged to give feedback, from large and small business operators, not-for-profit organisations, parents, newly arrived citizens and university students.<br \/>\n\u201cWhile City of Newcastle takes the lead role in driving the city towards our shared vision, we all play a part in making Newcastle a place we love now and into the future.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s important that we hear from as many people as possible from all areas of Newcastle so that the priorities we identify match the future everyone in our community wants.<br \/>\n\u201cNewcastle 2040 will define the community\u2019s vision for Newcastle and we\u2019ll look to it for everything we deliver, at every stage, from planning through to investment.\u201d<br \/>\nThe City\u2019s current Community Strategic Plan, Newcastle 2030, was developed in 2010, a time when the iPhone 4 was the latest technology, and Eminem was on the top of Australia\u2019s music charts. A lot has changed and there are new and emerging megatrends that must be considered.<br \/>\nCity of Newcastle looks forward to listening and learning from the community and have already received ideas from school students at Callaghan College Waratah.<br \/>\nEngagement opportunities will be hosted in a range of locations over the coming months including various community events and throughout Youth Week (16-24 April).<br \/>\nTo stay up-to-date with opportunities for community feedback, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/have-your-say\/projects\/newcastle-2040\">City of Newcastle\u2019s Have Your Say page<\/a>, and share your ideas on the digital vision wall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The services and facilities required in 2040 are being explored as City of Newcastle prepares a new Community Strategic Plan on behalf of the community. The new Community Strategic Plan, Newcastle 2040, is the city\u2019s contract between the community and City of Newcastle. It is important that residents, ratepayers, businesses and community groups from across &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/04\/01\/city-calls-on-the-community-to-shape-2040-vision\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;City calls on the community to shape 2040 vision&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}