Who we are
The Smart Growth Alliance is a volunteer community group. We live among the valley views of Bells Line of Road, the open paddocks and bushland where the urban sprawl gives way to countryside, and alongside a unique local koala population found nowhere else. We think that's worth looking after.
We are not against development. We are for smart growth: development in the right places, at the right scale, with the infrastructure to support it, so our villages thrive and our rural landscape and wildlife corridors stay intact for the next generation.
Our first campaign: stop the proposed McDonald's and KFC at Kurmond
The Smart Growth Alliance opposes Development Application DA0060/26, two drive-through fast food outlets and a childcare centre proposed for Bells Line of Road, Kurmond. We believe it is the wrong development in the wrong place: unsafe on a high-speed rural road, close to a school of about 1,000 students, and out of keeping with the rural character of our region.
How you can help
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An individual objection in your own words carries real weight with council. It takes 20 minutes and we'll show you how.
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