CONTENTS 1.0 Message from the Mayor, Councillors and Chief Executive Officer.................................5 2.0 How to contact your local Councillor ..........................................................................................6 3.0 Acknowledgements .............................................................................................................................7 4.0 Overview of Advance Ipswich .........................................................................................................8 5.0 Our city .................................................................................................................................................. 10 5.1 Location and context .......................................................................................................................10 5.2 Achievements ......................................................................................................................................13 5.3 Trends ......................................................................................................................................................18 6.0 What is Advance Ipswich? ...............................................................................................................28 6.1 Introduction and overview ..........................................................................................................28 6.2 Community engagement .............................................................................................................28 7.0 What our community said ..............................................................................................................32 7.1 Frequency each priority item was selected by respondents ....................................... 32 7.2 Strengthening our local economy and building prosperity (jobs) ............................. 33 7.3 Managing growth and delivering key infrastructure.........................................................34 7.4 Caring for our community ............................................................................................................35 7.5 Caring for our environment .........................................................................................................36 7.6 Listening, leading and financial management ...................................................................... 37 7.7 The one big thing ..............................................................................................................................38 8.0 Vision for the future ..........................................................................................................................39 9.0 Making it happen .................................................................................................................................41 9.1 The plan’s five themes .....................................................................................................................41 9.2 Strengthening our local economy and building prosperity (jobs) .............................42 9.3 Managing growth and delivering key infrastructure.........................................................45 9.4 Caring for our community ............................................................................................................47 9.5 Caring for our environment .........................................................................................................50 9.6 Listening, leading and financial management ......................................................................52 10.0 Monitoring and reporting ...............................................................................................................54 11.0 Staying on track ...................................................................................................................................55 ADVANCE IPSWICH 3 THE COMMUNITY PLANS PROVIDE A KEY FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGING AND CO-ORDINATING OUR RESPONSE TO CHANGE ADVANCE IPSWICH 4 MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR AND COUNCILLORS 1.0 MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR, COUNCILLORS AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Ipswich City Council was one of the The new and revitalised plan includes: Ipswich continues to record strong first local governments in Queensland • economic development population growth pushing the city’s to engage with the community and • infrastructure population inevitably towards 200,000 prepare a long-term plan – Ipswich 2020 • transport in the next two years, having already and Beyond. The plan was updated in • land use reached 190,000 in 2015. Within 17 years 2010 when Council adopted the Ipswich • community well-being, safety the population of Ipswich may more than Community Plan i2031. and lifestyle double to 435,000, making the city the • environment fastest growing local government area in Advance Ipswich is a continuation of the • financial capacity the state. engagement process with the community. • trends and opportunities The plan is focussed on what the Right across the organisation we are community wants the city to look like in The community plans provide a key witnessing improvements in processes and the future and what actions Ipswich City framework for managing and co-ordinating a continued willingness to provide the Council and the community can take to our response to change. Many of the best in customer service. realise this shared vision. actions and strategies identified in the Importantly, we also need to devote previous plans have been delivered and Earlier this year Ipswich City Council resources and energy to long term have placed the city in a strong position. undertook an extensive public planning which takes in a 20 or 30 consultation process through Our Future Advance Ipswich will help to ensure this year view of the kind of Ipswich the Your Say. pattern of development continues for community aspires to, and how Ipswich generations to come. can contribute to sustainable growth Compared to previous calls for public in South-East Queensland with a focus participation and feedback, Our Future Ipswich City Council is responsible on residential capacity and Your Say saw a record number of for an area of just over 1000 square employment generators. comments and submissions. The feedback kilometres which extends from Gailes to and comments received contributed to Grandchester, and includes the newer The Advance Ipswich Plan shines a light the development of the Advance master planned suburbs anchored by on where we are going, where we want Ipswich Plan. Springfield Central, the emerging Ripley Ipswich to be and how to get there. Valley and the well-established suburbs based around the traditional city centre of the Ipswich CBD. Jim Lindsay Mayor Paul Pisasale Chief Executive Ofcer City of Ipswich Ipswich City Council ADVANCE IPSWICH 5 MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 2.0 HOW TO CONTACT YOUR LOCAL COUNCILLOR Mayor Paul Pisasale Councillor Cheryl Bromage – Division 6 Administration Building, Level 2 Shop 38A, Brassall Shopping Centre, 45 Roderick Street, Ipswich 68 Hunter Street, Brassall (07) 3810 6201 (07) 3810 6556 [email protected] [email protected] Facebook.com/MayorPaulPisasale Facebook.com/CrCherylBromage Twitter.com/paulpisasale Twitter.com/CherylBromage Councillor David Morrison – Division 1 Councillor Andrew Antoniolli – Division 7 29-31 Commercial Drive, Level 1, 143 Brisbane Street, Springfield Ipswich (07) 3818 3100 (07) 3810 6224 [email protected] [email protected] Facebook.com/CrDavidMorrison Facebook.com/CrAndrewAntoniolli Twitter.com/AAntoniolli Deputy Mayor Paul Tully – Division 2 18 Queen Street, Goodna Councillor Charlie Pisasale – Division 8 (07) 3818 6900 Leichhardt Village Court, [email protected] Corner Samford and Toongarra Roads, Facebook.com/PaulTully Leichhardt Twitter.com/PaulTully (07) 3282 9600 [email protected] Councillor Kerry Silver – Division 3 Facebook.com/CrCharliePisasale Shop 337B, Level 3 External Twitter.com/CharliePisasale Redbank Plaza 1 Collingwood Drive, Redbank Councillor Sheila Ireland – Division 9 (07) 3288 5899 Suite 2, Level 2, [email protected] Orion Springfield Central Facebook.com/KerrySilverDivision3 1 Main Street, Springfield Central (07) 3470 0077 Councillor Kylie Stoneman – Division 4 [email protected] Shop 2/38 South Station Road, Facebook.com/Cr.Sheila.Ireland Booval (07) 3816 2444 Councillor David Pahlke – Division 10 [email protected] Shop 5 and 6, Facebook.com/CrKylieStoneman 20-22 John Street, Rosewood Twitter.com/CrKylieStoneman (07) 5464 1088 [email protected] Councillor Wayne Wendt – Division 5 Facebook.com/CrDavidPahlke Shop 1, Jacaranda Centre, Twitter.com/CrDavidPahlke Jacaranda Street, East Ipswich (07) 3281 8700 [email protected] Facebook.com/WayneWendt4Division5 ADVANCE IPSWICH 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 3.0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The release of Advance Ipswich is the The Mayor, Councillors and Chief Your participation in the Ipswich Futures culmination of extensive research, Executive Officer of the City of Ipswich Summit, attendance at group sessions discussion and engagement with the would like to extend sincere thanks to and workshops and the sharing of ideas in Ipswich community. the individuals, businesses and other other ways has been hugely beneficial and organisations that contributed their time is greatly appreciated. to completing the survey. ADVANCE IPSWICH 7 4.0 OVERVIEW OF ADVANCE