Tallangatta Rec Reserve

Tallangatta Re-establishment Strategy and the

Rowen Park Recreation Reserve

probably...

hopefully...

Technology

Innovation

Sustainability

Sustainability

Technology

Innovation

Tallangatta Re-establishment Strategy

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Rowen Park Masterplanning

Tallangatta Museum

Golf Course

Caravan Park

Why?

The Problem

Should this be?

The town that moved and has now stopped moving...

• 2.3km Long Shopping Precinct
• Poor quality 1950s architecture
• Lack of Residental Land
• Lakeside village with no lake
• No restaurant or cafes
• Lack of Critical Mass Population
• Need for improved Recreation Facilities

• 25mins from Wodonga
• Affordable Family Living
• Unfulfilled Provincial Victoria Demand
• Town Centred on a Strong Urban Park
• Single Sided Roads with Excellent Views
• Strong Basic Facilities (Supermarket, Bakery, Butcher, Banks)
• Low Capital Improved Values in CBD
• Good Rural Schools & Hospital
• Land and Infrastructure Capacity to Grow

...a clear loss of place in the regional order

Aaron van Egmond - Acting CEO

Sustainability @ the Source

• $650,000 - Fully Funded
• Improved productivity though sustainability
• More with less - water and fertilizer
• Maximise return per Megalitre
• Improving river health - multiple benefits
• Subsequent projects funded as a result

An approach that is:

getting moving...

Shirewide Wireless Network

• Multifaceted
• Realistic
• Integrated
• Measured
• Targeted
• Well Planned
• Strong Partnerships (State, Feds)

myFarm

Tallangatta Wireless Mesh

Weather Stations

In 2006 Towong Shire Council deployed Australia's first townwide Wi-Fi mesh network across the town of Tallangatta

Solar & Wind Monitoring

Frost Alarms

Large Areas Unserviced by Broadband

Soil Moisture Monitoring

Electric Fence Monitoring

and will continue to be unserviced even with the NBN

How does it operate?

Real-time farm telemetry

and control online

Online Machinery Control

• Significant triple bottom line benefits
• Competitive backhaul links to Albury
• Demonstration of emerging technology
• Initial involvement with MAV, MMV, ACMA and DBCDE

Network Expansion Business Case

SMS Alerts & Control

• $77,000 funding for Feasibility Study
• Released an RFQ in late 2008
• Eckermann & Associates appointed

Foreshore Masterplan

Online

Mobile Devices

In partnership with

Currently two products with similar functionaility

• $3,000-$6,000 per unit
• $400-$600 per unit

95% using this solution

Final report due in October

• Exceptional Results
• High Agribusiness Demand

Network Architecture

Business Case

With a Shirewide Wireless Broadband

Network everyone could use this solution

Innovation Space at Corryong

Pure Towong Energy

Shirewide Wireless Network

Zero Energy Estate

Sustainability @ the Source

myFarm

Tallangatta Wirelesss Mesh

The Goal...

Use these core values to establish a key competitive advantage

• North East Victoria
• 10mins east of Albury Wodonga
• 6,635 square kilometres - Area
• 6,019 - Population

• 50% funded by GMW
• Amenity for a Dry Lakebed in a Changing Climate
• Main focus adjacent to Residential Development
• Integrating Recreation areas and foreshore

Demonstrated capacity to serve as a testbed for State & Federal Government

In partnership with:

Tallangatta Central

Pure Towong Energy

• World best practice in Environmentally Sustainable Design
• Residential, Commerical, Tourism and Educational Components
• Focus on Population Growth and resulting ratebase
• Continuing to maintain our competitive advantage
• Ahead of current market demand to meet future markets needs
• Rural Land Use and Residential Settlement Strategy Almost Complete

• 3 Years Ago
• Australia's first Photovoltaic bulk procurement scheme
• A packaged solution including finance
• Extensive community consultation

• Community Hub
• Consolidation of CBD - Vibrant Spaces
• New Architecture
• Engagement with Triangles - Narrowing of Main Street

Tallangatta Residential Estate

The Results - TBL

Economic

• Economic return is the key to achieving true sustainability
• ZEN Victorian HQ now located at the Corryong Innovation Space
• $1.75M in capital investment
• $200,000 direct local labour investment
• $850,000 of Federal funding
• $150,000 of loan discounts
• ZEN expansion from Corryong to Albury
• 4 local full-time equivalent jobs created
• New skills learnt and now being exported
• 10 local installers trained
• $25,000 in power savings per annum
• Economic returns flow directly and indirectly back to the local economy

• Deliver Vacant Land once again
• Population Growth
• Council Development
• Raising the Bar
• Sustainability at the Core - WSUD

Environmental

• 200kW installed of an estimated 2,000 domestic kW in Victoria
• .1% of the population generating 10% of the solar electricity
• 100 times the per capita install rate for Victoria
• 220 tonnes of CO2 savings per annum

Community

• $25,000 community fund
• Youth involvement - $5,000 scholarship
• Embraced by community with pride

most importantly of all it has been replicated by 30+ other Councils