With Traditional Custodians, our community, educators and researchers from a number of universities, Blue Mountains City Council is exploring opportunities related to planetary health initiatives at the former Katoomba Golf Course precinct (clubhouse and adjoining 30 hectares of public land).
Our City is perfectly positioned to explore ways to care for our planet's natural systems and share these solutions globally.
Blue Mountains Mayor, Cr Mark Greenhill said: "Given the increase in natural disasters and the critical urgency to stop climate change now - as well as the need to protect our World Heritage Area - Council has established the Blue Mountains Planetary Health Initiative. Our community cares about planetary health - including the health of our environment, the health and wellbeing of our people and the health of all life. So with many stakeholders and our community we are looking at how the former Katoomba Golf Course site could be transformed, for the long-term benefit of our City and our community, and to create new job opportunities."
Council is developing a Precinct Plan for the site and receiving specialist advice relating to urban design, environment, bushfire and transport matters. The plan will provide a holistic planning framework that guides the short and long term future land use of the site, and initial community feedback is being received until 14 April, 2022.
How you can get involved!
We want to know - what opportunities you see for the former Katoomba Golf Course site? How do you think this site could be transformed to help restore planetary health?
