Will Grigor (23) hopes soon he will no longer be the
youngest member of the Dunedin Ratepayers and Householders
Association.
Will Grigor (23) wants more young people to join his
fight "to keep the [city] council on its toes".
The third-year tourism and marketing student is the youngest
of a new crop of people replenishing what was the depleted
membership of the Dunedin Ratepayers and Householders
Association.
Mr Grigor joined the lobby group this week because he was
"passionate about Dunedin".
He now plans get other young people involved.
"I need to find more young people who are as passionate about
this place as I am," he said.
Mr Grigor is also a member of the 3251-member-strong, online
network The DCC has lost the plot.
A similar forum hosted by the ratepayers association could
attract younger people, he said.
"Young people spend their time online, they don't go to
meetings. If the internet is the way to get them, then I'll
do that."
Mr Grigor moved to Dunedin four years ago.
He had been thinking of joining the ratepayers association
"for some time", motivated by city council decisions he
opposed, such as the level of public funding for the Forsyth
Barr Stadium, changes to city parking charges, the closure of
John Wilson Dr, and the prospect of redeveloping the former
chief post office as the new city library.
The association's new chairman Lyndon Weggery welcomed Mr
Grigor's membership.
"It is great to have him as part of it," Mr Weggery said.
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