A desire to improve the playground and provide activities for 10- to 14-year-olds led to the formation of the Outram Charitable Trust and then the ideas just kept flowing, committee member Julia Stiles said.
They included establishing a BMX bike area, a cycleway from Mosgiel to Outram, a mountain bike track and improving the town entrance.
"We have got a growing number of young teenage kids that have nothing to do . . . and we would love to have more walkways accessible to the village.
"It is looking really exciting."
While most ideas have yet to be investigated, the first project to be undertaken will be the Skerries St playground upgrade.
When the Dunedin City Council announced it was upgrading playgrounds in the city, three Outram mothers realised the 32,000 allocated to Outram would not go far.
The need for play equipment for older children was recognised and the trust was formed about three months ago and became officially incorporated last month, Ms Stiles said.
The trust has compiled a list of possible playground equipment and is consulting the community, through the school and youth groups, as it asks people to list their three favourites.
Planned fundraising for the project includes an OCToberfest beer festival.
The committee included a mix of people, ranging from those with families through to retired people, and it was great to see everybody working together, she said.
