The plan to revitalise the AMC Park and Mitchell Street Community Centre in Spalding has been finalised and will soon go to tender.

City of Greater Geraldton Mayor Shane Van Styn said the plan developed by local community members will be a game changer for the area located in the heart of the suburb.

“The City and landscape architects worked closely with year six Bluff Point Primary School students and the Spalding Urban Renewal Team made up of local residents, service providers and business operators to learn how the centre and park are used and what changes could be made to improve the area and increase community use of the space,” he said.

“The community agreed with the ideas they put forward and the Department of Communities is providing the City with funding to undertake the works.”

“The final plan, that includes something for everyone, sets out to completely transform the park and how the Mitchell Street Community Centre is used.”

The final design features an adventurous playground, basketball court, yarning/education circle, covered picnic nodes, new pathways, a bush tucker garden, public toilets and more car parking with ACROD bays.

The Mitchell Street Community Centre is also planned to undergo some renovations including the installation of doors along the eastern side of the building that will open onto a large veranda.

The Department of Communities has already begun the first stage of renewal works in the area by removing a number of aged public houses on Bogle Way and Sullivan Court to create new road connections onto Mitchell Street and onto an extension of Robinson Street from Mitchell Street to Broome Street.

These new road connections will greatly improve the pedestrian, cycle and road networks of the suburb and are all part of the first stage of renewal works.

The State Government is investing significantly into the renewal of Spalding with $9 million of funding allocated.

Tenders for the project will be issued in the coming months with construction to begin next year.

More information on the project is available on the City’s website here