The Channon Commons Project

Beautification of the Community Common Area

In early 2015 LCC invited interested community members with fresh ideas, creativity, enthusiasm, and energy to two Community Planning Days within their local community. From this, The North Central Panel was formed. Many projects and ideas hatched from these workshops and continue still.

The workshops involved providing the background to the Imagine Lismore 10 Year Plan, a World Café discussion and brainstorming session which aimed to identify projects for the plan and to identify existing assets within the community. 

Goals and Objectives

To revitalise and beautify the area, and to design a place for the community to gather and hold cultural events and activities. 

• Community Benefit 
• A central meeting place is a great asset for a community to come together, share stories, and build relationships. 
• Create a mural on the Telstra substation.
• Plant an edible garden, including trees.
• Undertake general beautification and landscaping.
• Install park furniture -install a pergola or shade -install solar lighting (in trees) -install a permanent chessboard/noticeboard. 
• Identify plant species Investigate installation of a composting toilet/basin and water bubbler.
• Plan events in The Common -pop-up café (coffee van) -swap market -twilight farmers markets -pizza oven/paella night -big breakfast 
• Plan a medium-scale annual event that closes the street.

Actions to date

• Working bees regularly occur
• Planting of native species
• Removal of invasive species 
• The proposed site for Petite Farmers Market
• Allocation of 2 faces of old Telstra box for murals. Andi Neilands & Liam Wainright(??)

For more information
please keep an eye out on The Channon Hook-ups for working bee dates or Robyn 0418272685