Whittlesea council recently secured three out of five national awards at the National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA) Awards.
The council’s Affordable Housing Project in New Epping, in collaboration with Riverlee and Haven Home Safe, earned the Built Environment Award, while its Economic Participation Plan 2023-2026 secured the Building Connections Award and its collaboration with Mitchell council and Hume council on the Cloverton Metropolitan Activity Centre planning won the Leadership in Growth Areas Award.
In addition to the NGAA accolades, the council received the 2024 Maggolee Award for its Quarry Hills Future Directions Plan.
In Woi Wurrung, the language of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, Maggolee means here in this place. Maggolee Awards recognise Victorian local governments working in partnership with First Peoples.
The Quarry Hills Future Directions Plan reflects the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung cultural values as a framework for recognising, protecting, and enhancing the parkland.
The council also achieved a Gold award at the Australasian Reporting Awards for its 2022-23 Annual Report.
At the Parks and Leisure Australia (VIC/TAS) awards, the council, alongside Mitchell and Hume, won the Strategic and Master Planning category for the Cloverton Regional Community and Recreation Needs Assessment.
Whittlesea council was also a finalist in the Community-Based Initiative of the Year Award and the Playspace Award (>$500,000) for the Redleap Recreation Reserve Playspace.
And it secured finalist positions in four categories at the Local Government Professionals Awards for Excellence, highlighting its projects in integrated planning, customer service and young achievers.
