Information Memorandum

Opening

The Arrowtown Community & Sports Centre Inc trust has been established to investigate the potential feasibility of constructing a multi use community facility in Arrowtown. The growth of the Arrowtown community in recent years has necessitated the potential for a complex that is capable of housing a diverse range of community groups and sporting clubs well into the future on the only suitable centrally located community tract of land left in Arrowtown.

Intended Proposal

To construct a multi use community facility on QLDC freehold land at Suffolk St in Arrowtown to incorporate a number of community groups and organisations. The intended facility will be constructed to a scale and design the community indicates as a result of due process and community consultation.

Background Information

1. Community workshops of the past have identified the potential of Jack Reid Park and adjacent QLDC free hold land to be used to construct a multi use community facility.
2. Redevelopment of the Arrowtown Camping Ground and Jack Reid Park in line with the QLDC Camp Ground Strategy has made this area favourable to be retained as a community hub.
3. After an initial meeting of interested parties it become apparent in our early informal investigations there is a number of other community groups and organisations facing the same issues “a place to call home”.
4. A submission by the Arrowtown Village Association to the LTCCP detailed the intended project.
5. A submission to the Community Services Committee on cabin leases.
6. Application for a Land Lease.
7. Establishment of the Arrowtown Community & Sports Centre Inc Trust.
8. Trust meeting with Mayor Vanessa Van Uden, Arrowtown Councillor Lex Perkins and Parks & Reserves Manager Paul Wilson to establish the QLDC Position.