{"id":335526,"date":"2023-08-08T17:02:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T07:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=335526"},"modified":"2023-08-10T15:05:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T05:05:46","slug":"meeting-to-discuss-halls-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/08\/08\/meeting-to-discuss-halls-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting To Discuss Hall’s Future"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The SBRC will seek the views of residents in the Boondooma and Durong areas about the future of the Boondooma Community Centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 8, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett Regional Council will hold a public consultation meeting on August 28 to help determine the future of the Boondooma Community Centre.<\/p>\n

The Centre is located on the Durong-Mundubbera Road about 12km north of Durong Hall, and was originally Boondooma School.<\/p>\n

After the school closed in 1999, ownership was transferred to the former Wondai Shire Council and the building was repurposed as a community centre which was used by a variety of local groups for meetings and workshops.<\/p>\n

With the passage of time, however, many of the groups that once used the hall have ceased to exist and the building has suffered significant deterioration.<\/p>\n

Council officers told an SBRC meeting in May that as far as they were aware no one had used the hall in the past two years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They also said the hall’s stairs were unsafe; the building and its tennis courts had been under attack from termites; and soil movement beneath the hall had begun to twist the building off its foundations.<\/p>\n

They believed that if the hall were to be restored to a usable condition, the cost of doing this would likely run to six figures.<\/p>\n

Councillors voted to hold a public consultation meeting to get the community’s views on how best to proceed.<\/p>\n

The meeting will be held on site between 9:30am and 11:30am on Monday, August 28.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Residents who can’t attend this meeting but would like to have their views known can complete an online submission<\/b><\/a> on the Council’s web site.<\/p>\n