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The plan outlines how the community land that makes up the Stroud Showground will be managed for the next 5–10 years. It includes a detailed action plan and management strategies, including new proposed facilities. The actions will be mostly funded by future grants.
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If you're having trouble viewing the document in the interactive PDF viewer, you can download a version of the Stroud Showground plan of management.
The draft plan was on public exhibition for community feedback from 20 September to November 2024, where we received 25 formal submissions.
The feedback received from the community was considered and some changes were made to the draft document.
The plan was then adopted by the elected Council at the 26 February 2025 Ordinary Meeting.
Feedback from submissions was mainly in support of constructing a fitness and exercise trail around the showground, which then extends out to join with the existing Stroud Heritage Walk.
A submission was made about people using a wall to practice against inside the tennis courts and how it would be great to have a practice wall outside the courts so that you do not need to go get a key.
A submission was received about the toilets at the showground are often locked and you have to use the toilets at the pool.
Other submissions were about drainage, horses at the skatepark, tree planting plan development, request for sullage points, and requests to upgrade the area underneath the grandstand as well as the playground, amenities block and inclusion of more shade.
Based on the feedback received, the following actions have been updated and can be viewed in the attached Council report:
No. This plan of management lists the pool as an existing asset in the larger showground site only.
No, the Stroud Showground actions on page 60 have been approved as part of other strategies. These cannot be amended as they have already been adopted at Council meetings. We are seeking community feedback on all other actions within the draft plan.
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and live, the Gathang-speaking people and pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who now reside in the MidCoast Council area. We extend our respect to elders past and present, and to all future cultural-knowledge holders.
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