Highton Village redevelopment
Mr CHEESEMAN (South Barwon) (14:11): Over the last few months I have had the opportunity to engage with the Highton community about their iconic Highton Village, and the community in that interaction described to me that Highton Village is very much the heart and soul of their community. The City of Greater Geelong currently have on their books a proposition to redevelop the much-loved Highton Village, a village that is loved in its current format. I am calling on the City of Greater Geelong to review and undertake community consultation about how the village can be upgraded without changing the heart and soul of the Highton community, because the village in its current format is much loved by that community. It very much gives the Highton community a heart and soul, a place where they love to come together to have a coffee, to go shopping and to visit the bank and the post office. The Highton Village is important to that community, and I call on the City of Greater Geelong to make sure that they engage with that community about how the village can be upgraded in a sensible way to make sure that Highton Village is kept as the heart and soul of the Highton community.