After many months of community consultation, debate and decision-making, the Glen Eira 2040 Community Vision was endorsed at a Council Meeting on Wednesday 19 May 2021.

The process to create a Vision written by the community for the community was a first for Glen Eira. More than 4,000 community members provided their opinions and feedback during its development.

The Vision was created by a panel of 42 local residents of varied ages, gender, suburbs and backgrounds who were selected via a deliberative process. They spent more than 25 hours over several months reviewing community feedback, relevant data and technical information, and working together through intense discussions to develop a draft Vision statement: Our Glen Eira — a thriving community of empowered citizens working together for an inclusive and sustainable future.

In February 2021, the panel shared the draft Vision statement with the community to get further feedback before finalising the Glen Eira 2040 Community Vision. The panel met for one final session in March 2021 to review the feedback from 90 community contributors.

The Vision statement is accompanied by six principles, which will help drive the achievement of the overall Vision. These principles reflect many of the priority themes identified through the months of community engagement that took place in 2019 and early in 2020.

For more information on the Glen Eira 2040 Community Vision see our website.