REGIONAL COUNCIL COMMUNITY RECOVERY FORUM

WITH MAYOR GREG CHRISTENSEN WHO WE ARE:

POPULATION LAND AREA GRP The green jewel in the heart 41,735 4,249 KM2 1.73 BILLION of South East

LARGEST INDUSTRIES BUILDING Agriculture, APPROVALS Forestry & Fishing $195M

COMMUNITY RECOVERY FORUM MAJOR WEATHER EVENTS OVER PAST 10 YEARS

FEB 2008: NOV 2008: MAY 2009: South East & Western Queensland storms storms & associated Queensland & flooding flooding low

JAN-APR 2010: NOV 2010-FEB 2011: JAN 2012: APPROXIMATELY Queensland Queensland South East Queensland $190 MILLION flooding+ TC Olga, flooding+ TC Tasha heavy rainfall Repairs & betterment Neville, Ului + Anthony & flooding since 2011 & Paul

JAN 2013: FEB-MAR 2013: MAR-APR 2017: TC Oswald & associated Central & Southern TC Debbie & associated rainfall & flooding Queensland low rainfall & flooding

COMMUNITY RECOVERY FORUM A WAY FORWARD Diversification

Farm stays BROMELTON: SCT LOGISTICS More than luxury lodges 15,610 hectares commenced Jan 2017 1.3m visitors glamping, golfing suitable for at their $135M experienced the food & wine medium to large intermodal terminal Scenic Rim in 2016 industrial activity at Bromelton

ECONOMIC CORRIDORS Roads and bridges

COMMUNITY RECOVERY FORUM MAJOR ECONOMIC PILLARS

1. Agriculture 2. Tourism 3. Emerging 4. Retail 5. Industries of industrial sector the new economy

COMMUNITY RECOVERY FORUM I C E N R I M S C KEY INITIATIVES WEEK STATISTICS 2018 94% of respondents saying Scenic Rim is a great location for Eat Local Week

92% saying local residents should feel proud of Eat Local Week

88% saying Eat Local Week adds to the appeal of the and

86% saying Eat Local Week involves the local community

83% saying Eat Local Week generates tourism for the Scenic Rim region

Total Winter Harvest attendance Festival up to up 16% 14,000 (up 12% to 37,280 on last year)

Publicity Total spend value of $918k by all visitors and reach of up 19% from 24.5M radio, $1.706M to TV, press, online $2.034M

COMMUNITY RECOVERY FORUM EAT LOCAL: Food, Farming and Conversation in the Scenic Rim Volumes one and two now available.

Authors Interviews with 26 Brenda Fawdon of the region’s & Christine Sharp leading producers

More than Fostering event 60 wholesome partnerships & new recipes business opportunities

COMMUNITY RECOVERY FORUM ACTIVATION OF PUBLIC SPACES

Vibrant Towns Vibrant Towns Playgrounds Strategy Rhoda Rushbrook of Scenic Rim of Scenic Rim Village Greens Park - Gallery Walk offers children a wide AILA Queensland Award National Awards for AILA Queensland Award Landscape Queensland of Excellence 2017 Local Government 2018 Regional Achievement variety of outdoor Awards 2017 Winner Winner Landscape 2018 Highly in Landscape experiences Commercial Architecture Award Planning Commended of Excellence

COMMUNITY RECOVERY FORUM FIRES ON TOP OF MOUNTAINS

Council’s Fires on Top of Mountains cultural program, AUDIENCE VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPANTS ignited community spirit across the region. 24,574 539 3,948 Arts and crafts programs helped to strengthen the social fabric of the region’s communities.

COMMUNITY RECOVERY FORUM WHERE NEXT? Scenic Rim’s regional tourism strategy is based on sustainable tourism best Facilitate a number practice principles and addresses the three pillars of sustainable tourism: Strong relationships of workshops to Destination Development | Destination Marketing | Destination Management. with five Chambers assist in developing of Commerce in businesses the region

Many significant businesses within Scenic Rim Tourism the region are Advisory Committee leaders in (TAC) was formed their field

COMMUNITY RECOVERY FORUM MEETING THE CHALLENGE

Youth skill Connectivity development and and retention bottlenecks

Vision New and industries courage

COMMUNITY RECOVERY FORUM