About Us
Community Alliance Assoc Inc is the coming together of 13 community groups from across the Gold Coast to address issues of common concern.
Our goal is to: Uphold and sustain the Gold Coast’s iconic environmental, cultural and lifestyle values, while ensuring transparent and accountable governance by of our elected officials.
Community Alliance is not anti-growth and not-anti-development. We are pro-sustainable development and pro high quality urban renewal.
Most of our issues are driven by the rapid population growth of our city and the need for better management of that growth. We want to see the Gold Coast develop into an inviting, leafy, liveable, walkable, sustainable, world-class sub-tropical city.
Our Mission
Uphold and sustain the Gold Coast’s iconic environmental, cultural and lifestyle amenity values, while ensuring the transparency and accountability of our elected officials’ governance.
Our Objectives
Reform and promote sustainable, best-practice city planning, development and governance (protect the lifestyle values the community holds dear)
Protect public open space – conservation and recreation (safeguard from inappropriate development/alienation and advocate for more)
Advocate for ethical, transparent, inclusive public institutions, laws and decision-making processes (a fairer say for all in the community)
Support economic diversification (into IT, knowledge-based and sustainable green industries)
Foster an empowered community working for a sustainable city
— John Hicks, President
Our Values
Transparency
Participative democracy
Inclusiveness, collaboration, crowd wisdom
Maker culture, “do-it-ourselves” ethic
Integrity
Environmental protection and sustainable development