I don’t know how many people regularly used the ‘New Brighton Online’ but no matter as this web based and Facebook page is about to reinvent itself.
This is fantastic news for the Coastal area. For some time now the New Brighton Residents Assn has been pushing for a site with associated apps and linkages highlighting the wonderful area we live in and encouraging local people to look over their fences.
Indeed, awhile back we did our own very basic photo series of sights and sounds from Southshore to Spencer Park (see YouTube link below).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWF0z94-GN8
The significance of New Brighton Online re-purpose its platform to professionally showcase New Brighton to the world (yes the world), is a massive undertaking and very good idea.
The move is a recognition of our massive under promoted potential and goes with changing old, hackneyed perceptions “the New Brighton experience” begins with the pier and ends with the existing shopping centre.
It means we have one stop interactive site for information on the delights awaiting a tourist, visitor, new and existing residents. There might be a new buzz phrase like
“VISITED NEW BRIGHTON ONCE AND NEVER LEFT”
Here is the New Brighton Online announcement:
New Brighton Online Is Changing and we’ve got big plans in the pipelines….
New Brighton Online was first created years ago as a place for our community to list community groups, businesses, and events.
It’s been awesome to have something that’s just for us, and been a useful tool for many, but times change and with new tools out these days such as Google My Business, we’re seeing less of a need for our platform in our community.
So What Now?
We’ve made a huge decision to totally overhaul our website’s function, and in March 2023 New Brighton Online will become a “destination website” – dedicated to making high quality content that promotes New Brighton to Christchurch, New Zealand, and the world, as the place to be, to travel to, and to live.
How Will We Do That?
We’ll be creating epic online content about our beautiful slice of paradise. This will primarily be in the form of video content and will show case anything and everything we think should be showed off to the world. Artists, landscapes, cool cafes and businesses, history, local stories, sightseeing or adventure experiences.
I Want To Be Involved!
Are you a local organisation with an awesome story to tell, some professional content to share, or a creative individual wanting to see our community thrive?
Feel free to get in touch and see how we might be able to work together to make our presence bigger on the map and we can one day say:
“All electric busses, e-bikes, solar powered wakas, roller skates and passenger drones lead to New Brighton”