The Millgrove Residents Action Group (MRAG) will be involved in the Wesburn/Millgrove CFA’s Community Open Day with a big map showing the township and some of its vulnerabilities to natural disasters, and to talk about the development of a Community Resilience Plan.
MRAG has been working with the support of the Minderoo Foundation, disaster resilience specialists ResilientCo and the Australian Institute of Disaster Resilience (AIDR) to identify ways that Millgrove could be prepared to manage and hopefully avoid flood and fire disasters.
Millgrove is the first community of 50 Australia-wide identified by Minderoo to undertake a community planning process with the chance to develop a Community Resilience Plan as part of a national Fire and Flood Resilience program.
Over the past few months, the project team has used available data, community conversations and knowledge to look at what is important to the community. As part of the project, a survey of just over 100 people showed that of all the issues people worry about, fire and related impacts and activities are where people want the greatest focus.
Through this process, six key priorities have been developed, to be tested further with the community. The Community Open Day is a chance to learn about the project and the suggestions.
MRAG volunteers will be at the Open Day with representatives from ResilientCo and Yarra Ranges Council to gather feedback and talk about how to support Millgrove and advocate for projects that will make a difference to the resilience of the town.
Anyone interested in becoming involved in the planning of Millgrove’s future, please contact info@mrag.net.au.
