Draft Building A Better Buloke 2040: Community Vision
Publish date: 16 October 2025
Overview
The draft Building A Better Buloke 2040: Community Vision continues to reflect the Buloke Shire community’s aspirations:
“In 2040 we will be…. A healthy, socially connected, inclusive and accessible community with a prosperous economy offering services, amenities and activities that match our desired liveability”.
The Vision outlines our community priorities for strengthening liveability under four key themes:
THEME 1: OUR BUILT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
Buloke has quality, safe and accessible infrastructure valued by the community alongside attractive streetscapes and a protected and celebrated natural environment reflecting Buloke pride.
THEME 2: OUR COMMUNITY WELLBEING
Buloke is a welcoming, well-connected and inclusive community built around social connections for all age groups and backgrounds and access to, as well as ongoing advocacy for, vital services.
THEME 3: OUR ECONOMY
Buloke is an innovative and strong economy with agriculture, small business and industry capitalising on new ideas to provide a range of employment and tourism opportunities backed by the services, connectivity and housing to achieve population stability.
THEME 4: OUR COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
Buloke is strongly and dynamically led by a Council demonstrating effective communication to community, active partnerships, authentic advocacy and quality customer service delivering valued community services in a responsible way.
These themes were initially created for the Building Buloke 2030 Community Plan through the review of the local Community Plans and continue to remain aligned with the ten Community Plans reviewed in 2024-25.
Building a Better Buloke 2040: Community Vision will assist in shaping the future of the Buloke Shire and enable a collective response to our challenges, aspirations and opportunities to deliver outcomes that benefit the whole community.
How you can be involved
The draft Building a Better Buloke 2040: Community Vision can be downloaded here – Draft Building a Better Buloke 2040: Community Vision.
A hardcopy version can also be viewed at the Wycheproof Customer Service Centre, 367 Broadway, Wycheproof, VIC 3527 or by request by calling 1300 520 520.
Submissions must be received in writing no later than 5pm on Thursday 30 October 2025 and can be provided in the following ways:
- Email: buloke@buloke.vic.gov.au
- In person: Place a hard copy submission in the box at the Wycheproof Customer Service Centre, 367 Broadway, Wycheproof, VIC 3527
- Mail: Address your submission to – Buloke Shire Council - Submissions, PO Box 1, Wycheproof, VIC 3527.
To ensure your submission is valid please include your name, postal address, a contact phone number, email address (if you have one) and details of your submission.
Following the public exhibition period and review, the Building a Better Buloke 2040: Community Vision will be recommended for adoption at the Council Meeting in November 2025.