Thanks to everyone who attended our launch events for Wodonga 2050 last week.

We had 100 people attend across three events this week talking about signals, scanning and the future of Wodonga in sessions facilitated by futurist Simon Waller.

Some of the themes of the discussion were on housing, health, education, artificial intelligence, environment, aged care, families, growth and connectivity.

Some of the key highlights.

• Having 13-year-old poetry slam champion Eve Francis give an opening address which included a poem reminding us to consider a youth’s perspective.
• Everyone in the room creating a mini-vision.
• The visual representation of the day’s discussions by Sarah Firth.

Simon shared a quote from Bill Gates about how we overestimate the change that will occur in the short term but underestimate the change of the long-term.

This was an ideal premise to kick off for the launch of our Wodonga 2050 consultation.

We are asking everyone to share their thoughts on how we make Wodonga a better place to live for all in 2050 and beyond.

Have your say online or at our council offices.

This stage of the consultation will be open until December 15.

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