Shoalhaven Business Chamber planning for the future

Have been running from one thing to the next so no letter yet as a sample on the wood chipping industry.

Spent the evening at the Institute of Design Ulladulla- meeting with the business chamber who are looking at setting themselves a strategic direction with some sub groups to work on issues that people are passionate about rather than leave everything to a time poor executive. Still in the modern day it works- a lot of people contributing their piece to a larger outcome.

The chamber identified quite a few issues that they could see would help to improve the town and hopefully business. From the simple issue of customer service and trading hours to the long term issue of parking and what we might expect in the future. The frustration for some was that things seem to take such a long time - but I really think that the town has changed quite a lot in recent years- maybe not in outward appearance but in attitude and growth wise.

My contribution was to tell the facts on Councils budget and not to make false promises for this does no one any good, and for things to really progress we need people power not to wait for government to take our good ideas and sit on them. Our community like many has the capacity to take responsibility for its own destiny and work with our best asset- people- to get results.

Interesting times just keep on getting more interesting.