COMMUNITY

The contact person for the community group is Roger Waddell

To join this group email  mapua.heartandsoul@transitiontowns.org.nz

Participants :

Roger Waddell, Hilary Blundell, Hugh Gordon, John Grungy, Christine Gillespie, Robin Simpson, David Kemp, Janet Taylor, Adele Smith, Charlie Goulter, Bruno Lemke.

Ideas:

• Isolation - spread out community' We are often not aware of the skills in the community. Census/Database of skills and resources in community. Include transport patterns to feed into Carpooling group.
• Other avenues of connectivity exist - can they better be utilized?Eg: Spring Fling, Costal news, Rose Society, Celia Lashley's group
• Website - a new one or use existing ones (e.g. Mapua.biz, Heartland.com, Ning site - platform of open-space online.  www.intersect.org.nz)
• Common Physical gathering space. new Waterfront park
• Lets be smart with our spaces - combine, consolidate, coordinate places (and events)
• Allotment/community gardens (Aranui road, Opp. Ruby Bay shops),  Food production critical.
• Common time for gathering: (e.g. ChCh godwit festival). Mapua possibilities:
  • Opening of Bypass (street party) and then annually.
  • Opening of Waterfront park (clean-up site) then annual.
  • Weekly dances (historical)
  • Harvest festival
  • Farmers market as a connectivity on a suitable site (wharf?).
• An events calendar is needed
• An information centre (for locals not tourists) is needed (Library or Supermarket)
  • Would be useful to have a paid co-ordinator (is there money for this?)
• Lots of small groups in Mapua - how can we bring them together?
• Bringing community gardens and school together - Mandy Stevens at Mapua school.

Action List

Investigate interesct.org.nz and possibility of self filling out census databases - Roger

Convene this group again to help determine the scope of paid coordinator etc - Hilary

Make a start on scope of a census. What is already available? - Hugh/ Bruno