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VillageLifeFair Gordon-Mt Egerton

Community cultural events that engage and celebrate contemporary village life

Project details

Suggested by: Scott

Project partner: Ballan Autumn Festival Association

Budget

$30,450.00

Votes

53 votes received

This project did not receive enough votes to be successful.

Initiate a program of four events per year.

The events would be promoted as VillageLifeFair with hubs of activity in the villages of Gordon and Mt Egerton and orientate visitors or participants along the VillageLifeTrail to enable interaction with creative people and their endeavours in their authentic places.

Events would be themed to focus on a key range of skills. The village Main Streets of Gordon and Mt Egerton would be hubs for the events with a repair and swap, workshop and display activities. Fair visitors would be encouraged to walk and drive to the workshops and places of creativity.

Our villages of Gordon and Mt Egerton are home to many extraordinarily creative people.  Shoe making, hat making, ceramicists, sculptors, blacksmithing, Indigenous crafts, productive gardening, baking, knitting, spinning, dance to name a few. Our initiative is based on the following:
- Confirming recognition of the essence of what characterises and authentically connects the villages of Gordon and Mt Egerton.
- Enabling commercial opportunities in our Main Streets and our low key creative skills and initiate broader tourism strategies.
- Encouraging rediscovery of old skills along with sustainable practices including repair and swap.
- Facilitating community connection and health and wellbeing.

Project details

Suggested by: Scott

Project partner: Ballan Autumn Festival Association

Budget

$30,450.00

Votes

53 votes received

This project did not receive enough votes to be successful.

Comments

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Egemite

09 Sep 2018

Brilliant idea to raise the profile of our tiny community!

Silverfox1964

09 Sep 2018

Excellent idea

V Mack

28 Aug 2018

Great idea.