LETTERS FROM OUR COMMUNITY
A selection of letters from our local farmers, residents and business owners.
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Pastures Green, housing never seen.
Daylesford overload of newly build accommodation. 70% is only for short term accommodation. New owners crying poor. (ABC evening business news).
Here is a little add on, that might interest the "Green Pasture" people.
ABC last night news for Business, showed about Daylesford latest dilemma. So many new empty places. So many people still looking to live here permanently. So many work suppliers not getting the staff they need to make a profit. So many potential staff living too far away. So many locals who want their Town back. So, new developments, which then get turned into short term accommodation again.
Why I live in Daylesford
I first came to Daylesford as a 10-year-old boy on a school excursion from my 2-classroom primary school in Keilor, when Keilor was little more than a market garden. Since then, Melbourne has grown like a malignant cancer. I came to Daylesford to get away from that and now it seems we are all to be in the firing line.
Proposed re-zoning a shock
I’m part of the family who owns the farm on East Street, Daylesford (called Mayfield) which is being proposed to be rezoned, and I’m currently living on that farm.
It was bought by my great-grandfather in 1921 and has been farmed continuously and productively since then (as well as before my family bought the land). My family are proud of having farmed it all this time, and wish to continue doing so.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - THE LOCAL
23RD MAY 2024
Below are the Letters to The Editor that appeared in the regional paper, The Local on 23rd May 2024.