Thank you to the more than 2,000 community members who made a submission to Engage Victoria about the proposed ‘redevelopment’ of our beloved Preston Market!
We are so overjoyed to see this much love and support for the market.
We are also furious to hear that the state government does not plan to make these submissions public (as is standard practice with all planning decisions). No, we do not trust the “executive summary” that they plan to publish, especially not when more than 2,000 people’s voices would need to be represented!
With the support of some community lawyers, we are looking into FOI requests to allow every submission about the Market’s future to be shared as they should be.
We are also creating our own archive of submissions which you can read here - send us yours if you’re happy for it to be shared! (We’ll redact names).
In the meantime, we are active on the next big project which is to make the future and survival of the Preston Market front and centre in the Victorian state election.
Please come along to our candidate’s forum and DM us on social media if you’re able to help with leafleting or stalls in the lead up to November 28th.
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We won’t stop!
