Town Infrastructure - Community leisure and recreation facilities need improvement

The closure of the Clyde Community Centre, the wear and tear on the swimming pool and the general neglect of community leisure and recreation facilities of the town has caused mounting concern. They need to be replaced. (See the HVSG submission to the ABC draft Sports Plan, dated May 2004.)

INITIATIVES

• Provide a new state-of-the-art leisure facility on the pier site
• The replacement Hermitage Academy should share appropriate sporting and other facilities with the community qw
• “Quiet” (mostly non-sporting) community facilities to be located in a new structure at the rear of the Victoria Halls. (See the HVSG submission to the ABC draft Sports Plan.) Storage facilities need to be incorporated into the plan.

N.B. In the document, Initiatives that can be achieved fairly quickly are marked “-qw” (quickwin)

"To turn the vision into reality is a very big job, but it is well worth doing. We need to stop the neglect of Helensburgh, turn it around and put it on the road to excellence."

The Helensburgh Vision Steering Group