Published on Wednesday, 12 October 2016 at 12:00:00 AM
Paraburdoo has been chosen as the 2016 Young Legends category winner at the recent WA Tidy Town Sustainable Communities awards.
The Paraburdoo Bike Rack Project was the successful entry for the Young Legends category, which recognises achievement by young people under 25 who have contributed to the sustainability of their community.
The Paraburdoo Youth Centre (PYC) developed the concept in conjunction with the Shire of Ashburton and the Paraburdoo Men’s Shed volunteers. Funding for the project came from a partnership between Rio Tinto and the Shire of Ashburton.
The PYC hosted workshops to gather youth input on preferred locations, materials and the method of construction. The designs chosen and created for the project were: a cricket set, pick axes, TNT blow, volunteer names and a ship.
The Men’s Shed held community welding and grinding workshops, with fifteen young people and twenty Men’s Shed members participating in the project.
After 600 volunteer hours, the racks were successfully constructed and installed in key locations around the town centre – the indoor cricket nets, swimming pool, skate park, shopping centre and high school bus stop.
Shire President Kerry White said the Bike Rack Project was successful on many levels. “It has given the Paraburdoo youth the opportunity to learn new skills, connect with an older generation and increase community pride. The Tidy Town win demonstrates that we are fostering and supporting great community projects.”
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