A new CFA station is being built in Mill Street while the construction of the town’s first skate park is progressing rapidly in Bourke Avenue.

The Koroit CFA is hoping to be in its new home by September while the skate park is expected to be finished by the April school holidays.

A planning application for the extension of the IGA supermarket has been lodged with community information sessions to be held soon.   

This projects come on the back of the completion of work on the front of the Koroit Theatre in Commercial Road. These works came at the cost of $40,000 and included external painting, verandah asbestos removal and painting and window renewal at the Moyne Shire Council-owned building.

Another important project that is now operational is the new doctors clinic in the town. The Port Fairy Medical Clinic moved into the town in the middle of February following the withdrawal of the Jamieson Medical Clinic late in 2016. The new clinic is operating in the same building, at the High Street frontage of the Moyne Health Services Koroit campus. The return of doctors to the town has been welcomed by Koroit residents and business houses alike.

Tim Hopwood from Koroit Pharmacy said the investment of the Port Fairy Medical Clinic in the town has been a huge positive.

“It’s been great for the community,” Mr Hopwood said.

“It has put a lot of people’s minds at rest, for the elderly folk it was certainly a struggle getting to a doctor when there was none in Koroit. There was a lot of negatives to not having a doctor in town. The bus schedule is limited into Warrnambool so it was hard for people to match up appointment and bus times.”

Mr Hopwood said it was vital Koroit maintains its current infrastructure and grows it into the future.

He said the services the town offers has an impact of its potential growth.

“For people who are looking to retire, Koroit is a good option,” Mr Hopwood said.

“But when they are deciding where to retire, people want to go somewhere there is a doctor and a pharmacy and a post office, those basic services.”

Dr Eleanor Donelan from Port Fairy Medical Clinic is in Koroit each Monday to see patients. She said the response from the community has been overwhelming.

“It has been really great, we are riding the tide of community goodwill, people are happy to have us here,” Dr Donelan said.

“We have been booked solid and you can feel a strong sense of community spirit. People seem to be enjoying bumping into each other in the waiting room, we think it is an inviting environment.”