Greater Dandenong City Council is planning for a community hub in central Dandenong.
This project represents the next step to develop infrastructure in central Dandenong to meet current and future community needs.
Community hubs are multi-purpose community facilities providing a range of complementary services in a single accessible location and generally have a range of shared facilities and functions for the community, groups and organisations.
Council is committed to engagement and consultation during the development of the hub.
This commitment is also a priority in the recent review of the Local Government Act 2020 and the Act requires longer and more intensive engagement processes for Council projects.
Council is committed to ensuring the requirements of the Local Government Act 2020 are adequately addressed in community consultation activities and our Community Engagement Policy reflects these requirements.
The policy provides for meaningful, consistent and genuine engagement which provides adequate time for community members to provide informed opinions. As a result, timelines and milestones for the development of the business case and concept plan have emphasised consultation and engagement in three important stages outlined in our lifecycle on this webpage.
Community workshops and focus groups occurred in May 2021. You can read a summary of the feedback below.
Dandenong Community Hub Summary of Feedback - 471KB
You told us that the site bounded by Stuart Street, Clow Street and Sleeth Avenue was a preferred site (see below). Council has supported this site as the preferred location.
A business plan and draft concept designs for the Community Hub in central Dandenong were completed and presented to Council on 6 December 2021.
To support the development of the business case and draft concept designs, Council engaged Croxon Ramsey, a Melbourne based architecture firm, who undertook the project in partnership with Outside of the Square Creative Consulting, a specialist consultation and engagement practice also based in Melbourne.
On 21 March 2022 Council requested alternative building layout models and associated costs for the preferred site to be undertaken. Three models were recently presented to Council and a community consultation phase requested.
If you would like further information, please contact Marcus Forster – Manager Community Wellbeing via email on Marcus.Forster@cgd.vic.gov.au or 8571 1000.