Benefits

• Permanent jobs and local economic growth
• Affordable serviced lots from only $69,000 (15-22% below ordinary land release prices in Region)
• Diversity of housing sizes & lot sizes for all ages and lifestyles
• Parklands, cycleways, & walkways for an outdoors lifestyle
• ‘Adventure play areas’ with scenic picnic spots and BBQ areas for different age groups
• ‘Magnet’ Visitor Attractions: a local ‘artisan craft village’, ‘bush tucker’ café & visitor centre
• Superior places to establish & expand businesses and home-based businesses
• Address the loss of skills, employment, working aged families and young people by providing quality village living and lifestyle opportunities known to attract people with experience business, technical, technology and trade skills, and especially creative people who enjoy artisan craft village lifestyle living
• Demonstrate a well-integrated village into existing historic rural village of Marulan
• Attractive alternative to coastal urban development & un-sustainable outer Metropolitan urban sprawl
• Best 'Environmental Responsive Development Practices' in urban design, building design, construction, water conservation, and energy efficiency (gas & Telstra Smart Community)
• Gouldburn is loosing over 100 jobs a year, and the Region 60 jobs a year. The Region faces a 20% decline in the percentage of people of working age over the next 15 years. Medway Village will create at least one job per dwelling and over 1,200 permanent full-time jobs
• Medway will expand the sense of community already existant in Marulan

Significant "flow on" effects for the Region! Visitors will spend longer in the Goulburn Region resulting in more visitor expenditure and more visitor nights Direct permanent employment will be least 150 jobs in the Medway Village  Direct permanent employment in Goulburn Region will be at least 290 additional jobs ‘Flow on’ employment in the Region will be at least 660 full time equivalent jobs No Cost to Council, Government, or the Community! New infrastructure and construction will be funded by Medway Village, saving Goulburn Mulwaree Council millions of dollars and bringing improvements that will benefit all of the Shire residents. These include: Funding a new pedestrian/vehicle  bridge which will be safer than existing Hwy crossing (which has tragically claimed a number of lives these past years) Funding the upgrade of existing sewage facility to an advanced sewage treatment facility Funding the upgrade of existing water treatment facility Funding on-site infrastructure such as roads and connections Funding broadband high speed Internet and fibre optic cabling to every home Expenditures in excess of $800,000 to improve existing Marulan Village Click here to view a full report on the importance of growing rural villages.