Improvement works to Alma Avenue Reserve including a new playground, community gathering space, new park furniture and landscaping is due to begin construction in late February 2024.

Broader precinct plans have also been prepared to include the Alma Avenue Shops and local streetscapes.

Funds for these initiatives are yet to be committed in Council’s capital Works Budgets but we are using this opportunity to consult with the local community and traders at the same time. Design concepts seek to improve overall function, safety, presentation, and amenity to uplift this precinct as a vibrant village for the community.

Alma Avenue Reserve is a small pocket park but forms an important part of the Alma Avenue Shopping Village. While currently there are minimal amenities within the reserve, Council is preparing to upgrade the park to increase its recreational value and strengthen its role in the broader shopping village precinct.

Council’s Better Places initiative identified that the Alma Avenue Reserve and adjoining shops have the potential to be upgraded to make them more attractive and inviting meeting places for locals.

By adding more greenery to the reserve and streets, providing places where people can grab a coffee and sit and relax with friends or watch their kids play in the park, or by improving the appearance of the shops and supporting local traders, this precinct could become a true destination and heart for the local community.