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I read with interest Dr Van Davy’s one page argument for the establishment of a Central Coast University (CCN363).
I have no disagreement with the points that Dr Davy makes, including his nomination of potential local industries and installations of an ecologically friendly nature that would benefit from a research input.
However, his suggestions fail to reflect the broad and diverse ways in which the Central Coast’s characteristics lend themselves to knowledge growth to inform future action.
Some research questions that come to mind include: What are the implications (economic, cultural) of mega-Councils in a coastal zone for other such developments? What part do high proportions of elderly people and aged care homes play in the cultural life of a community?
When establishing businesses, how does a geographically adjacent large metropolis impact on choices, implementation and operation?
And how best to market the Central Coast’s unique characteristic of arguably Australia’s best beaches together with close-by, mountainous national parks?
Each of these issues warrants an impartial, expert, longitudinal study, for which research by a Central Coast University would be the ideal.
Email, 14 October, 2022 Sonnie Hopkins, Tascott