We Have Teamed Up!

The Town Team Movement and CoLocal are proud to announce that we have teamed up to help more communities to improve their places in Victoria. It’s a tricky time all over the world and never has it been more important to think about where we live, how we navigate our way through COVID and re-imagine the way we want our “Local Neighbourhood” and community to look and feel.

Dean Cracknell, Co-Founder and Director of Place -Town Team Movement says: “Town Team Movement is delighted to partner with CoLocal, who share our values and ethos. This collaboration is an important way to start working with locally-based partners and share learnings, resources and expertise with newly formed Town Teams who want to make a difference in their local area”.

Town Teams are positive and proactive community groups that are open to businesses, landowners, and residents. They work collaboratively with their local government to improve a place or area, often a town centre or ‘main street’. They are catalysts for positive change and are focused on building relationships and practical actions to progress their area.

The only requirement to be a Town Team is to align with and live the Town Team Charter. The charter is a shared story of what Town Teams are and how they should behave. It helps explain our movement’s collective values and expectations. It’s a summary of the ‘Town Team Way’.

CoLocal connects community and local organisations around projects and initiatives that build social capital and local economy. They will act as an on the ground resource or contact for Victorian Local Councils, other organisations/individuals interested improving connection and economy in their local area.

CoLocal Founder, Sara Mitchell says “We are Locals who work with Councils, Shopping Centres, Developers, Business and Community Groups to co-design and implement collaborative grassroots projects that create social impact and connect the heart of local economy – We like to say we connect the dots between the Dreamers, the Doers and the Decision Makers to make things happen”.

CoLocal is a not for profit that was founded after many years of advocacy and successful community-led projects in the fast growing and diverse outer-metro area of Wyndham. The most well-known project is the Point Cook Pop Up Park which has recently enjoyed its third year of iteration.

“We are proud to partner with the Town Team Movement and look forward to growing the movement of local teams and will draw on the experience, expertise, and collaboration with Town Team Movement on Victorian-based projects”

If you are interested in learning more about what you can do in your local area feel free to reach out: contact@colocal.com.au

https://www.townteammovement.com/

https://colocal.com.au/