Council’s ‘Grow and Prosper Corangamite’ brings together economic development, tourism, arts and culture and events and festivals strategies.
The framework ensures Council has a strategy that serves our Shire's unique needs, opportunities, and aspirations. Council staff will work with the community and industry sectors during the implementation of the framework to ensure the needs of businesses, artists and other stakeholders are being addressed.
While Grow and Prosper has been initiated by Corangamite Shire Council, it encapsulates the ideas, aspirations and knowledge of our businesses, creatives and the broader community. It is a framework and actions made with you, not for you.
Implementation of the framework sees internal action plans for six key areas which drive council’s work programs:
- visitor economy
- creative industries
- circular economy
- events and festivals
- population attraction and retention
- specific industry sectors (agriculture, manufacturing, building, health, education, small business, retail etc).
Read the Grow and Prosper Corangamite Framework(PDF, 339KB)
Read the Discussion Paper(PDF, 3MB)
The Discussion Paper(PDF, 3MB)
This document brings together ideas and concepts intended to spark conversation and generate debate. It contains elements which have been used to inform the Framework and the Action Plans.
This Discussion Paper was designed to propose a series of economic development indicators, measures and benchmarks that Council can use to assess the broader economic health and wellbeing of the community in the form of the Grow and Prosper Corangamite Framework.
Grow and Prosper Corangamite Framework 2022-2033(PDF, 339KB)
The Framework provides Council and community with a mechanism to take the Prosperity theme, contained in the Corangamite Community Vision 2040, and convert it into tangible actions and measurable outcomes.
The Framework brings together the ideas and concepts explored in the Grow and Prosper Discussion Paper and generated through research, community and business engagement and co-design workshops.
In conjunction with the Discussion Paper, it consolidates Council’s approach to economic and community development, inclusive of arts, culture, tourism and the circular economy, for the next ten years - 2023 to 2033. The framework was endorsed by Council in May 2023 and guides council’s work programs.