Your feedback so far
Hello, and thank you for your feedback so far! Providing your thoughts will mean the Flemington Community @ Debneys Park Hub truly reflects who you are. In person, more than 473 people have been reached and online, and there has been over 700 visitors to the Your Say page!
If you haven’t had a chance to make it down yet and speak with one of our team, please come down soon as this round of consultation closes on 14 May. Join us at an upcoming session – you can find all the details at the top right-hand side of this page, or you can fill out our online survey right here, under the ‘Surveys and Forms’ tab.
A few questions about the location of the Hub have come up. The location has been informed through expert urban design advice which applies best practice in maximising use of the northern light; seeks to place the indoor/outdoor community use as remotely as possible from the traffic noise of CityLink and Mount Alexander Road; and avoids built form proximate to the Moonee Ponds Creek.
In its proposed location, the hub will ideally:
- be seen from the main park entries to provide a sense of welcome upon arrival
- be centrally located for all Flemington locals
- be a safe space that people will walk and cycle to, and through
- be closer to the school so we can explore shared use of facilities
- have the best access to sunshine, which is especially important during cold dark days, making it more welcoming and available for lots of uses all year 'round, inside and out
- provide terrific access from the oval and not cast shadow on the playing fields
- allow users to look out and see the whole park, making sure it is safe, open and no areas are blocked off by buildings.
Some of you have asked, why not locate the Hub on the site of the existing community centre? There’s a range of reasons for moving away from the current location on Mount Alexander Road in front of the Creek. One is that we can’t achieve best practice environmental outcomes in this location, such as installing solar panels, due to overshadowing. The proximity of Citylink also results in poor noise outcomes.
But most importantly, it’s because this location doesn’t offer you all of the positive outcomes listed above, which the new location does provide. The current location is a product of adapting a pre-existing building from a car dealer, to a ballet studio and other uses in between. But now we have a chance to choose the site that will deliver the best outcomes for you, the community, and how we can offer the best possible outcomes for future users of Debneys Park.
In this round of consultation, please share your thoughts on the look and feel of the community hub and how it forms part of Debneys Park and the surrounding Flemington Community.
You deserve a hub that is beautiful, connected and green; a hub that is fair, and supports the Flemington Community @ Debneys Park to thrive now, and in the future. A healthy hub, for a healthy Flemington.
Help make the delivery of a fabulous hub for Flemington become a reality. HAVE YOUR SAY!
