Inverleigh Community Play Space receives $200,000 in funding through Pick My Project

Media Release

The Inverleigh Community Play Space is one of 237 project ideas from across Victoria chosen to share in $30 million in community grant funding through Pick My Project.

The project aims to provide a ‘new multi age play space for the Inverleigh community’.

The Victorian Government will provide $200,000 and work with the Inverleigh Kindergarten Committee to help make their idea a reality.

During the five-week voting period, over 95,000 Victorians cast votes for their favourite project ideas in their local community. The Inverleigh Community Play Space received 222 votes and is the only project in Golden Plains Shire to be successful through the public vote. 

Mayor, Cr Helena Kirby, says this project will help support Inverleigh and surrounding communities in a multitude of ways.

“Inverleigh is a growing community and Council is passionate about opportunities for people to get outside and be active, and the new Play Space will definitely provide that.

"The Inverleigh Community Play Space will also give tourists another reason to visit this beautiful, vibrant community – and keep coming back!

“Congratulations to the Inverleigh community for putting together such a compelling project, and thank you to all that voted – the community will benefit for many years to come.”

Under the Pick My Project initiative, Victorians were invited to vote for their three favourite project ideas in their local community. Voters were able to select from a minimum of 30 project ideas, with residents in metropolitan Victoria shown project ideas within 5km of their local community, while those in regional Victoria were shown project ideas within 50km.

The $30 million funding has been divided between the six metropolitan and nine regional partnership areas.

Successful projects can be viewed at pickmyproject.vic.gov.au.

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Released by: Eric Braslis, CEO, Golden Plains Shire Council


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Golden Plains Shire Council: Ann Card, Senior Communications and Marketing Officer, Golden Plains Shire Council
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