Looking Ahead – Glendale Road
Anyone who has visited Visionwest’s Glendale Road site in Glen Eden will be aware of the challenges related to the sprawling buildings which an increasing number of kaimahi and growing essential services struggle to fit into.
As part of our commitment to communities throughout Aotearoa New Zealand, we want to ensure this site, which is in many ways the turangawaewae of Visionwest, is able to serve our communities well, both now and into the future. It’s for this reason that we have, for the past few years, been examining how to best utilise the site.
The Journey So Far
The plan for developing our Glendale Road site involves the creation of a new village community for West Auckland that provides community housing alongside modern support service facilities and shared spaces that nurture whānau and enable communities to thrive.
Over the past year, we have been putting into place various background aspects of the development that are vital for its advancement. This planning and fundraising stage is crucial to get right and so the team have been progressing steadily to ensure a solid foundation is created for the later stages of the project.
Render of Community Housing
Render of Community Room
Moving Forward
While the preparation work continues, moves are underway to bring together a team to create and run a capital campaign. With this in mind, in June 2024, Raewynne Jacobs was appointed the Major Gifts Manager heading up the capital campaign. Over the next year it is expected that plans will be completed, and fundraising can begin.
The team at Visionwest is excited about the difference this development will make to the West Auckland community and the individuals who trust us enough to allow us to accompany them on their pathway to transformation.