FUNDING TO SUPPORT DARLEY PARK PLAY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

The Andrews Labor Government is continuing to support Moorabool Shire Council with the infrastructure and services it needs to grow and thrive.

Minister for Suburban Development Melissa Horne, Minister for Regional Development Harriet Shing and the Member for Melton Steve McGhie today announced $200,00 for the Darley Park Play Space Development project through the Labor Government’s Living Local Fund.

The Darley Park Play Space Development project will see a new and accessible play space constructed, along with landscaping and park furniture for intergenerational use to encourage physical activity and community connectedness.

More than 400 projects across the state will be supported through the Fund, with $15 million available for suburban projects and another $5 million for the regions.

Local councils and community organisations have received grants of up to $200,000 for upgrades to shopping strips, playgrounds, community gardens and public art projects, or to buy new equipment or carry out minor refurbishment works.

From playground upgrades in Pakenham to the creation of an Aboriginal community art gallery in Ballarat, the Living Local Fund is supporting a wealth of diverse and important locally led projects right across Victoria.
The Living Local Fund is part of the Government’s Our Suburbs: Living Local and Our Regions: Living Local Initiatives.

For more information visit www.suburbandevelopment.vic.gov.au/living-local or www.rdv.vic.gov.au/living-local.

Quotes attributable for the Member for Melton Steve McGhie:

“The Government is supporting Bacchus Marsh and Darley residents with the Darley Park Play Space Development project because our community deserves good parks and play spaces."

Quotes attributable to Minister for Suburban Development, Melissa Horne:

“We’re doing what matters by investing in infrastructure that our local communities need to enjoy the services they deserve.”

“Our suburbs and regions are great places to live, work and play and we’re making sure they stay that way.”