A name has been decided upon for a long-awaited community centre in Westmeadows.
At a Hume council meeting on April 29, it was decided to approve the name of Valley Park Community Centre for the building at 44 Village Crescent in Westmeadows.
The centre is scheduled to be ready at the end of June this year.
Councillor Joseph Haweil spoke to the centre as one that will greatly benefit the local community.
“This is a new and long advocated facility in that part of the world, which will make an excellent contribution to the lived experience and wellbeing of residents,” he said.
“This name will be easily identifiable for its location and purpose.
He said he visited the site of construction previously and was impressed by the prospect of the centre, although it is smaller in size to others.
“It will be a smaller scale facility than we’re used to in Hume, we are building megastructures all over the place,” he said.
“It’s one of the smallest we’ve done in many years… but it will be very well utilised by the community.”
Council opted to base the name off the Valley Park estate, so they didn’t run any community consultation.
The facility will provide spaces for important local service and program delivery, including maternal and child health, playgroups and spaces for residents to enjoy shared activities and help build a strong and connected community in Westmeadows.
