Community Development

Director: Lisa Miscamble

City of Canada Bay Council's Community Development Department is responsible for:

Community Services

Direct Services

• Meals on Wheels
• School Holiday Program
• Wellbank Children's Centre
• Family Day Care
• Seniors' Bus Trips.

Community Planning and Development

• Small grants schemes, including CDSE
• Social Planning
• Community Profile
• Community Safety and Crime Prevention
• Aged and Disability Services
• Volunteering
• Youth Activities.

Recreation

• Swimming pools, Golf Courses and Playgrounds
• Open space planning and management
• Sporting Fields
• Five Dock Leisure Centre.

Cultural Development

• Cultural Plan
• Public Art and Artist Register
• Cultural facilities and assets.

Economic Development

Support to business including:

• Renovators Destination
• Home based business
• Events and Bayside Business Development
• Food clusters
• GoLocal Shopping Promotions
• Precinct development
• Green Business Program.

Libraries

• Provision of Library Services at Five Dock and Concord
• Provision of specialist library services for:
  • Children
  • Local Studies
  • Youth (including HSC support)
  • Reference and Online resources including E-books.