Community Board notes

Community Board notes

We are 16 months in to a three year triennium with a number of projects and areas of interest on the go at the moment including:

• Repairs to the Cenotaph in Martinborough Square
• Shade and seating at Martinborough Pool
• Re establishment of the Considine Park Committee
• Bike Stands for Martinborough Town in association with Martinborough Lionesses
• Beautification of the electrical box in the Square with an ANZAC poppy design
  • Much of what we need and want to achieve needs Council approval, sometimes Council budget and often Council Officers’ time. We are working closely with Council to achieve progress in a number of areas and are looking forward to ticking off a few more projects in the next few months.

Recent progress includes the addition of basketball nets to the posts at the Martinborough Playground, purchase of inflatable play equipment for the Martinborough Pool, facilitating the possible use of Considine Park for cricket and reinstating the Martinborough Wine Village banners in key locations around town.

It has been very positive to have a seat around the Council table during the early stages of the Long Term Plan (LTP) process. We have been particularly aware of the need for more residential sections in town and the need to plan for future growth over a longer timeframe. We are confident that the draft LTP will address these very important issues for our district and encourage you all to read the Consultation document which will be published soon, and to engage with the process.

We are accepting grant applications for our next formal grant round which will be decided at our meeting on 23 April. Application forms can be found on the Council website (http://www.swdc.govt.nz/grants) and need to be returned to Council by 6^th April. There is a potential pool of funding of up to $5,000 this round and we would love to see this spread widely across a range of initiatives across the Martinborough Ward.

Finally I am pleased to introduce our new Youth and Student Representative Maisie Arnold-Barron. Welcome to the Martinborough Community Board we are looking forward to working with you and adding a fresh perspective to our team.

Any suggestions or comments please feel free to e-mail Martinboroughlisa@cornelissen.co.nz,