Focus Paihia Community Trust
KEY OBJECTIVES (3 -5 years)
To increase overall community well-being and encourage year round employment opportunities for local people, through:
1. Promoting and developing the Masterplan to uplift Paihia`s current look and feel. One that continues to align with and support community aspirations, while ensuring an exceptional visitor experience.
Aim – to provide an exceptional place for the community to live, work and for people to visit.
2. Encourage significantly higher standards of public facilities and services, while ensuring long term planning & implementation of public infrastructure; to meet anticipated growth, specifically roading, water quality, sewerage and other public amenities.
Aim - to ensure that public facilities meet with demand, are appropriate, affordable and deliver at a sustainable level.
3. Build strong relationships with key organisations and the community; to have influence and the ability to advance Paihia`s interests as a whole.
Aim – to ensure that future development within the Paihia area is appropriate, meets with community aspirations and is affordable for the community.
4. Interact with social groups in Paihia, such as youth, the elderly, the disabled, special interest groups (e.g. history) and people with young children, in order to identify their needs and help to address these.
Aim – to support the well-being of specific groups as well as the community as a whole.
5. Encourage Business Paihia Inc. to support diverse economic activity, through local businesses for year round benefit, specifically around sustainable employment, training and better business practices for community prosperity.
Aim – to encourage sustainable businesses that provide good employment opportunities, while uplifting service levels year round.
6. To champion a strong and sustainable volunteer pool, that invigorates team spirit and drives projects as identified by the community.
Aim – to have a strong and passionate group of volunteers that continue to be actively involved in uplifting community well-being, via projects and activities.
7. Operate a sustainable charitable entity that meets its objectives by involving and inspiring the community.
Aim – to do what we say we will do.