By Brett Kennedy
TWO Mount Gambier children are leading a neighbourhood campaign to have a playground established at a community reserve on Matthew Flinders Way.
Imogen Lines, 10, and Olivia Lauterbach, 6, are spearheading the push for a children’s play space at the currently vacant reserve to service children and families residing in the expanding north-western residential development.
The Stuart Court residents recently engaged residents in the area through door-knocking and letterbox drops, taking their argument to Mount Gambier City Council’s monthly meeting on Tuesday night.
While praising council for its development of the Wulanda Recreation and Convention Centre, the young girls urged the local government body not to forget the importance of neighbourhood playgrounds.