Community and stakeholder engagement in action
The community and other stakeholders were invited to help shape the design of a new neighbourhood park in the Hills Showground Precinct, including collaborative workshops with The Hills Shire Council.
We engaged with local Aboriginal community representatives, including Muru Mittigar and the Dharug Strategic Management Group, to consider the principles of resilience, culture and identity. The feedback we received influenced the suggested layout, materials and plantings.
Between August and October 2021, we invited the community to provide feedback on the initial park design.
The online consultation page, which included the concept designs, artist impressions, a survey and post-it wall, was visited 2,065 times. We explored community views on five park themes which cover a range of activities – play and movement, relaxation, nature, discovery, creativity and facilities and services.
Feedback about the initial design was overwhelmingly positive. We received 433 responses and 33 community members participated in the online design workshops. There will be further engagement with teenagers and select groups is proposed prior to the design being finalised to involve these groups in designing spaces suitable for younger people.
