Report
Community and business impacts of the proposed Ballina Ocean Pool
Southern Cross University
2017
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Abstract
Two separate studies soliciting the opinions of Ballina residents and local business operators reveal widespread support for the development of an ocean pool at Shelly Beach. A community survey was designed and carried out by a Southern Cross University Masters student as part of a business research subject and under the supervision of Dr Kay Dimmock and Prof Betty Weiler from the School of Business & Tourism. A total of 312 residents completed the survey, half on-line and the remainder using one of two pop-up booths set up on River Street. Most of those surveyed reported residing in or within a few kilometres of the proposed site for the pool.</p>
<p>Views from the business community were obtained by way of a separate interview-based study carried out by a second SCU Masters student. This was supplemented by a resentation to the September meeting of the Ballina Chamber of Commerce. Business operators were generally favourable about the project, with few expressions of negative impacts, although they had modest expectations about the pool benefiting Ballina or their own business.</p>
Details
- Title
- Community and business impacts of the proposed Ballina Ocean Pool
- Creators
- Kay Dimmock - Southern Cross UniversityBetty Weiler - Southern Cross University
- Comment
The authors would like to acknowledge the work of Ishaman Singh and Anna Peters in designing and undertaking the studies. We also thank Dr Hanyu (Linda) Chen for her assistance with data analysis and presentation for this report. The assistance of members of the Ballina Ocean Pool Committee in distributing the flyers and promoting the survey was also very helpful.
- Publisher
- Southern Cross University; Lismore, NSW
- Number of pages
- 21 pages
- Identifiers
- 1890; 991012820663502368
- Academic Unit
- School of Business and Tourism; Emeritus Faculty; Management; Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
- Resource Type
- Report