Councillors voted 10-1 in favour of proceeding with everything initially planned for the museum - including the car park, Green Star accreditation quest, and plans for a 70% digital experience.
Fantastic and correct decision. In hearing a submission about the green star rating I learned this expenditure is a win-win : the stats on the ongoing future running costs of this museum are slashed up to 66% and also the green star rating is a marketable tourist drawcard we can “ sell”. We forget that expenditure on this museum is also a investment both in this community and future generations ahead of us - but also an investment in tourism , in bringing ( and retaining overnight) $-spending tourist visitors here. We did the hero option for the stadium : and after twenty years (yes) of planning and delaying a museum upgrade, and being without it for five, it’s appropriate this legacy asset too is no scrimp.
Fantastic and correct decision. In hearing a submission about the green star rating I learned this expenditure is a win-win : the stats on the ongoing future running costs of this museum are slashed up to 66% and also the green star rating is a marketable tourist drawcard we can “ sell”. We forget that expenditure on this museum is also a investment both in this community and future generations ahead of us - but also an investment in tourism , in bringing ( and retaining overnight) $-spending tourist visitors here. We did the hero option for the stadium : and after twenty years (yes) of planning and delaying a museum upgrade, and being without it for five, it’s appropriate this legacy asset too is no scrimp.