General News
5 March, 2024
Listening to residents
INDEPENDENT candidate Anna Middleton wants the people of division 7 to tell her what they want done in the area.
She said instead of telling the people of division 7 what they needed, she would listen to the people.
Ms Middleton said people in her community wanted a strong and independent voice whose primary responsibility was to deliver for their division.
She said she was a strong community advocate with “passion, focus, and an ear to the ground”.
In her first tilt at local government, Ms Middleton said she had worked tirelessly to canvas, talk with, and listen to the people of division 7, an area that spanned Edge Hill, Whitfield, and parts of Manoora, Manunda, and Brinsmead.
She said, while the beautification of Edge Hill’s botanical precinct was exceptional, it did not wholly represent division 7, and she would work to create a more liveable community for all residents.
“From Centenary Lakes and Gardens through to Whitfield’s Springfield Crescent, Pease Street shops and services and industrial, Anderson Street, the areas that make up Division 7 are as distinct as they are diverse,” Ms Middleton said.
She said her campaign was based on delivering a series of outcomes that fitted within three independent, albeit interconnecting pillars of infrastructure, liveability and crime.
“From overhauling division 7’s system of pathways for better connectivity to beautifying streetscapes and introducing lighting, security cameras and infrastructure that improves safety, there are many areas currently lacking and where urgent action is required,” she said.
If elected, Ms Middleton plans to be an on-the-ground councillor and meet the community monthly at Piccones IGA Pease St.
“It is this important grassroots, nuts and bolts engagement that will deliver on promises and tangible returns on rates’ investment that Division 7 deserves,” she said.
Ms Middleton once lived in a quaint canecutter’s cottage on Clarke Street, Manunda, and now has a family home in Whitfield, establishing a physio practice 15 years ago while involving herself in community work.
She will be available Saturday mornings outside Edge Hill Newsagency on March 2 and 9.
