I attended the meeting regarding the development of the old Mullum hospital site.
I was once again reminded of why I live here due to the intelligent and articulate interactions between the attendees and the panel that included Mayor Sarah Ndiaye, Councillor Elia Hauge, Caroline Bass (who gave us a great history of the site), and two representatives from House You.
Dale Emerson was an excellent MC.
It just shows that you can have a conversation that is civil and respectful even if you don’t always agree.
I urge all Mullumbimbyites to go onto the Council website and read up about the stage that the development is at and express their thoughts on where it should go.
It is exciting to know that this development will include doing something about the nightmare intersection of Left Bank Rd and Coolamon Scenic Drive.
Also all units should go to ‘real locals’.
I urge everyone to be very patient when this work is being done.
It will be a very fraught situation.
I also came away with admiration for the councillors. Being on the local Council I believe has less of the perks and a lot more access for everyone to whinge and finger-point.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
