Renew New Brighton

A response to some simpleton's comment in Der Press:

Hate to disillusion our Renew New Brighton, but there goes yet another example of a complete and utter foobar by, guess who, the CCC. The timeline:

After the 1997 Pier opening (50% privately funded from Pier & Foreshore over 30 years, hard to get more community centred than that), CCC realises the suburb needs a bit of a lift.

In 2002 after a few discussions, the NB Master Plan was released to general approval.

Around that time a lot of property activity happens, as folks realised the potential of the seaside and the views. So they start to plan Development, Building, Cash and New Residents!

Whoa, there! The CCC has omitted to do any Plan Changes! So none (not a single one...) of these development plans ever got off the ground.

CCC finally gets around to Plan Change 27 in (wait for it...) 2009.

By which time the community is polarised (what? new people? with more money? Interlopers! Oppose the Change...). Some of the developers have gone bust, taking with them firms, jobs and livelihoods.

PC 27 passes. Development has a Green Light.

Whoops! The GFC has struck, and there is no mo' money for , oh, a generation or so.

See? That's how to Renew Brighton......simple, eh?