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News update - Community Panel

27 March 2025

From November 2024 till February 2025 community were invited to register their expression of interest to be a part of the Community Panel to help develop the City's new Council Plan for 2025 - 2029.

The panel was held from Friday March 14 till Sunday March 16, 2025 at Galkangu - Bendigo Gov Hub.

  • 42 community members from across Greater Bendigo participated on the panel

Panel members showed enormous goodwill and community spirit, working together to achieve the panel’s goals. Plenty of ideas, thoughts and opinions were shared over two days of discussions including roundtable discussions with City staff.

The panel were asked to think about how Council should make decisions about future services to the community, working through activities to collectively provide input into the development of the draft Council Plan.

The next stage of engagement will be community feedback on the draft plan which will be on the Let's Talk Council Plan project page.