{"id":60857,"date":"2014-03-19T23:16:31","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T13:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=60857"},"modified":"2020-12-04T15:22:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T05:22:27","slug":"meet-the-future-face-of-maidenwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/03\/19\/meet-the-future-face-of-maidenwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Future Face Of Maidenwell"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Maidenwell\"<\/a>
A concept drawing of how the heart of Maidenwell could look in the next three to five years if local residents agree with the SBRC’s long-term upgrade plans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

March 20, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

The South Burnett Regional Council has unveiled a three to five-year concept plan for Maidenwell as part of its long-term program to gradually upgrade all the region’s towns and villages.<\/p>\n

The plan has been produced in conjunction with the Maidenwell Community Group, which was formed by local residents last year to look at ways to improve the town’s CBD.<\/p>\n

It incorporates many of the suggestions made by residents and discussed at a series of public meetings held in the town.<\/p>\n

The plan has evolved from an initial allocation of $5000 given to Maidenwell in the Council’s 2012-2013 Budget to be spent on civic upgrades.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In May last year, SBRC Mayor Wayne Kratzmann and Cr Deb Palmer met with local residents at a public meeting in Maidenwell Hall to let them know that $5000 had been set aside in the Council’s 2012-2013 Budget to upgrade the town’s tennis courts.<\/p>\n

Mayor Kratzmann told the meeting the money had not been spent because it had become apparent the tennis court upgrade would cost significantly more.<\/p>\n

He then told the meeting Council was willing to allocate an additional $40,000 towards civic improvements in the town in its 2013-14 budget.<\/p>\n

But he warned the project would require “community consensus” to proceed.<\/p>\n

Mayor Kratzmann said he felt any upgrade to the town centre would be impossible “if 49 per cent of the community wanted one thing and 51 per cent wanted the other”.<\/p>\n

“We have got some money in the Budget and if you want it for something. Deb and I are ready to endorse it if you tell us,” he said.<\/p>\n

Over the next few months the Maidenwell Community Group was formed with Maidenwell Hotel publican Gavin Jones as president, and the community’s views were collected through suggestion boxes placed at the Maidenwell Hotel, Maidenwell Trading Post and Tanduringie State School.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Popular ideas for civic improvements included:<\/strong><\/p>\n