2015-03-03 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   3 MARCH 2015




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INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                             3 MARCH 2015

      8 | Review of the Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre Report                          sioner

      Community concepts proposed for the Butter Factory
      As part of the community consultation process, community members and groups were invited
      to submit written proposals for council’s consideration. Council particularly encouraged
      submissions from community groups that may be interested in managing the CBFAC. Council’s
      preference was to hand-over management of the CBFAC to the community.
      Overall, 17 proposals were received from individuals and community groups, ranging from
      notional ideas through to full proposals. Support was provided to a couple of proponents to
      develop their concept in more detail.
      The proposals can be grouped into six broad themes, many of which overlap or have common
      threads of arts and exhibitions, culture, and community use. Further detail on the proposals is
      shown in Appendix A and Appendix B.
      ARTS, CREATIVE SPACE, EXHIBITIONS:
          1.  Noosa Community Raft
          2. Creative Hub
          3. Art Space
          4. Artist in Residence Visual Arts and Music Program
          5. Centre of Arts Excellence
          6. Centre for Ceramic Excellence
          7. Grandpa’s Shed
      ARTS AND CULTURE:
          8. Community Managed Space
          9. Cultural Centre
      CULTURAL, INTERPRETIVE AND HISTORICAL:
          10. Interpretation Centre
          11. Entrepreneurial Centre
          12. Aboriginal Cultural Centre
          13. Butter Factory Events and Visitor Space
          14. Family Research Centre
      LEARNING and RECREATION:
          15. U3A Cooroy Sub-branch
      OTHER IDEAS:
          1. Creative Co-working Space
          2. Social Enterprise Facility
      From these 17 proposals, council and d-sipher identified five lead concepts that merited
      further exploration and development. These concepts were selected on the basis of the level
      of community support from the proposer, the proposed governance arrangements and that
      there was at least some alignment with the CBFAC and the values identified in community
      consultations. These five lead concepts are:
          1.  Managed by one Tenant - U3A Noosa
          2. Community Managed Model — Cooroy Lower Mill Board
          3.  Interpretation Centre
          4. Centre for Ceramic Excellence
          5. Council Managed Model.

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