Renew Lambton Colliery

Renewal of Lambton Colliery Buildings

Background

The Redhead Sustainable Neighbourhood Group felt it was important to preserve and renew one of their important local historical sites.

How did we do it?

The group made several submissions to the NSW State Government, asking for the site to be refurbished and preserved. The group also met with Lake Macquarie City Council representatives, making connections between residents, community groups and government.

What we achieved

Based on submissions provided by the group, Lake Macquarie City Council was given a grant of $145,000 to refurbish the site!
Together the group was able to play an important role in:

Preserving a historical site
Ensuring sustainable reuse of an existing building; and
Creating partnerships between State government, Local Government and residents.

The group has a number of ideas for the site, which they will be presenting to Council.

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Sustainable Neighbourhoods Lake Macquarie
Our vision - Neighbourhoods that are empowered to live sustainably.
Our mission - Our work is to foster sustainable neighbourhoods and a healthy environment in Lake Macquarie
Our values - We are guided by our values of participation, inclusion, collaboration, empowerment and shared responsibility.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land and waters on which we live, work and play, the Awabakal People, and acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who now reside in this area. We pay our respect to Elders past and present, and future cultural knowledge holders.

Sustainable Neighbourhoods is an initiative of Lake Macquarie City Council.
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