What Makes a Good Place to Live

In advance of next Saturday's City Visioning summary session here are some thoughts on things that people value about where they live.

I built this list while thinking over an interview with an author on late Night Live this week. I hope that the list provokes some of your thoughts.

• Physical Beauty
• Diversity, of people in all sorts of ways
• Urban Vibe
• Low Crime
• Open Society, people trust and talk with each other
• Schools
• Clean
• Economic sustainability
• Cultural stuff
• Good jobs
• Ethical Leadership (we notice this only if it is missing)
• Natural Environment
• Excitement

What else is important to you in thinking about the future of South Perth? Please feel free to have your say by clicking on COMMENTS below.

New South Perth Library and Civic Centre Receives Federal Funds

The big news for this week is that our new library will receive two million dollars of federal Funds. Senator Chris Evans was in South Perth today to make the announcement.

The Mayor, James Best, was pretty excited about this, as was the Project Manager, Mike Kent and CEO, Cliff Frewing. The City will now be able to make use of good sustainability concepts to make sure that the building has a much lower environmental footprint, using less energy and water, while being a really wonderful resource for all in the community.

The funding will augment the $1.5 million from WA Lotteries.

The concept of what a library is has certainly changed over the years. This new facility will be many things to many people. There will be infant health facilities, meeting rooms for clubs, heritage material storage, reading facilities of course, and much more.

I'm very happy to be part of a City that is looking to the future. The recent series of Vision workshops show that many other people in South Perth want to contribute to this future too.

Have your say by clicking on "Comments" below.