The West of Melbourne Economic Development Alliance (WoMEDA) was established with an independent board and the support of Victoria University in 2017.
The primary objective is to influence new economic development opportunities and create more local jobs in the West of Melbourne.
WoMEDA is focused on the area covered by the six Councils that work together through LeadWest (the regional organisation for the west): Brimbank, Hobsons Bay, Maribyrnong, Melton, Moonee Valley, and Wyndham.
In its fifth landmark report, WoMEDA identifies Werribee, with its booming population, as a logical location to develop a new satellite city in Melbourne’s west.
The population of Wyndham, home to a proposed satellite city in Werribee, will near 500,000 by the year 2040, positioning it as one of Melbourne’s largest suburban centres. Already it is bigger and growing faster than Greater Geelong and is on track to be larger than Bendigo and Ballarat combined in the next 15 years.
Download the report: Werribee Precinct: A vibrant satellite city for Melbourne
Since its establishment, WoMEDA has launched a number of landmark reports.
The Federal and State Governments committed to developing a North West Melbourne City Deal in 2019 and asked local communities to develop a plan for what it might look like.
In an unprecedented collaboration, WoMEDA, along with NORTH Link, the 13 local Councils represented by LeadWest and the Northern Councils Alliance, La Trobe and Victoria Universities, joined forces to develop shared priorities for the North and West Melbourne region.
It focuses on the eight priority precincts in the region that have been designated by the Victorian Government as:
This plan lays the ground work for 66 transformative and enabling projects as the blueprint for the region, and is the key to significant investment and job creation.
The next step in progressing the deal is to seek formal Memorandum of Understanding arrangements at a Commonwealth, State and local government level.
Board Members (as at July 2022):
Executive Officer: Rachael Athanasiou, Manager, External Relations and Partnerships, Victoria University.
WoMEDA sits within Victoria University.
For further information, please email [email protected].
