

Sunvale Community Park is the result of Brimbank City Council and Greener Spaces Better Places (GSBP), engaging with the community to transform a dormant 1.1-hectare area of land into a resilient, inclusive and community-led park.

Images by the Brimbank City Council
The site was a school which closed in 2009. Brimbank purchased the land in 2014 which was key action in Council’s Creating Better Parks Policy and Plan (CBP) which highlighted a lack of open space in this part of Sunshine. Council was determined that it would once again be place for public use and to bring a community together again on this site.
The park is the result of four years of community advocacy, engagement and design. It is enthusiastically embraced by locals and offers a lively, busy green space. Users of the park span all cultures, ages and abilities and it has provided residents with strong social, recreational and ecological outcomes.
Examples of community consultation informing the design include the resurrection of a cricket pitch, with the previous site containing a pitch that was popular with refugees, and residents asking for the inclusion of the Wurundjeri people, whose deep connection with the landscape was important to recognise. This resulted in Council engaging indigenous artists to design and build a sculpture walk within the park.
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