The aim of the Future Towns Program is to support regional towns and their small businesses to become digital ready and consider innovative ways to undertake place activation in main streets, support economic growth through business facilitation and mentoring, and create the environmental conditions for economic growth.

Wingham was one of just 20 towns chosen to participate in the program and the MidCoast Council team will now continue to work closely with key stakeholders in these communities to get their projects underway. 

“We have already been working closely with the Chamber of Commerce in both Wingham and Gloucester to identify key priorities moving forward and we will continue to develop these ideas and projects with the community in the coming weeks,” Deb Tuckerman, MidCoast Council’s manager growth, economic development and tourism said.

In early discussions, it has been identified that Wingham’s preferred Future Towns project is ‘place activation’ in the CBD, which enable the community to develop a place-making strategy for the town, develop a priority action list and undertake these initiatives to make the town centre more vibrant.

Find out how you can become involved in the Wingham Future Towns project by contacting Simon Brown from the Chamber of Commerce on 0429 151 853.