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it Happen Emma Gibbens Jimmy Murphy Leederville Connect - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
it Happen Emma Gibbens Jimmy Murphy Leederville Connect - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Making it Happen Emma Gibbens Jimmy Murphy Leederville Connect Leederville Carnival Leederville Village Square Leederville Vision Design Group Leederville Connect Activations Officer Leederville Connect Leederville Village Square The
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Leederville Village Square
Leederville Connect
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The Town Team Model
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The Town Team Model Organic Growth:
- Lack of Funds
- Volunteer Burnout
- Inefficiencies
- No shared
knowledge
- Local Government
Resistance
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An ‘under-arching’, non-profit organisation helping town teams around Australiasia
Town Team Movement
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Some of our partners…
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The movement is growing …
Perth Australia
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Places are like a computer …
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A Home not just a House
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Leave a lasting legacy
Dalyellup Collective
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The Vision: Town teams are a model for empowering local communities and creating vibrant, resilient and successful places. They can provide vision, leadership and are catalysts for positive change in their local area. Town Team Commitments: 1. Be non-political 2. Proactive and positive leaders 3. Work for the whole community, not one or two interests 4. Independent of governments 5. Promote high-quality development
The Town Team Charter
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Cutting to the Chase …
Governments need to let go of some control Communities need to take
- n more
responsibilities
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Champion Lakes Diwali Festival of Lights
Enabled by a $500 Town Team grant
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Included versus Excluded Spaces
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“The imagination, the sweat, the enthusiasm, and the efforts of its people are the greatest resource that any place has”
Marcus Westbury in Creating Cities
People are Your Greatest Resource
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