Community facilities include a community hall, a corner shop and market garden with cafe. Additional community spaces are located throughout the residential area to ensure all residents have easy access to high amenity facilities and open spaces.
The service centre is to include a truck stop and convenience retail for motorists passing through – and for the benefit of the local community. The service centre will have its own vehicle entry and exit, with trucks being separated from private motor vehicles.
The Grounds is a parcel of land set aside for community use, not too dissimilar to the allotments found in the UK. The purpose of The Grounds is two-fold – firstly, to provide healthy, fresh and local produce for the community and secondly, to provide a community-owned commercial operation providing jobs and income for community projects and services.
Production Park is another opportunity for a community-led commercial operation. While ‘The Grounds’ is more focussed on produce, ‘Production Park’ will have more of a hands-off focus with multiple potential enterprises such as beekeeping, orchards and growing of seedlings for firewood and alternative opportunities.
