Malmsbury’s Makeover

Written By Sarah Marshall

Malmsbury’s Village Green has received a makeover amid Autumn Festival celebrations, thanks to a Council trial seeking to consolidate resources and refresh popular public open spaces.

Council’s Open Space team successfully completed a strategic maintenance blitz between 8-12 April within the heart of the town, with works including:

  • repairing and refreshing existing assets such as bollards, chain fencing and park furniture

  • greenery improvements such as mulching, new plantings, garden bed maintenance and tree works

  • topping up paths and installing fresh gravel around signage and artworks.

Council’s Ryan Hughes was an Open Space leader involved in the initiative.

“We’re seeing if it’s cost-effective to have our Open Space crews step away from their normal maintenance roles, to improve Council assets throughout the shire,” he said.

“The objectives of the blitz was to refresh and visually improve the area for the Malmsbury community, and our focus is on improving and maintaining these spaces for our residents and visitors.”

Malmsbury was selected for the trial due to its size, its identified need for a refresh and the ability to draw from existing budgets to complete the required works.

Council will now assess the trial’s effectiveness and confirm whether similar blitzes could be strategically undertaken at other sites throughout the shire.

Community feedback on this initiative and potential future sites is welcomed via mrsc@mrsc.vic.gov.au

Sarah Marshall

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