The Courthouse Camperdown Inc will act like the town's concierge, helping to direct visitors and locals to different events, services and attractions, according to president Becky McCann.
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"We have got a gazillion things happening," Ms McCann said.
"Camperdown has so much to offer."
Following a community consultation, the Corangamite Shire received an overwhelming amount of feedback showing people wanted the courthouse to remain a community space.
The courthouse now has its own incorporated committee of management, to improve the transparency and governance of the facility, and has been retained as Camperdown's visitor information centre.
Ms McCann said the new committee is a "beautiful mix of people" who bring a range of different skills.
"It's a great diverse mix of people and ages, and an incredible mix of experience as well," she said.
"We got the lease on the first of October, and we have hit the ground running.
"It's about doing more of what was already happening.
"There has always been a strong focus on the visitor information side of things, now we are lifting up the cultural and art side to be just as prominent.
"It's been a really interesting process."
The visitor information centre helps to provide foot traffic for the art exhibitions on display in the space, Ms McCann said.
"We can say to artists 'we are exposing you to people who can come in and discover you'," she said.
"(The Courthouse) has always had elements of being an arts and cultural hub for the community.
"We are setting out to do cultural change within our small community."
Getting people out of their house and connecting them to their community, helping to develop pride of place and learn more about their community.
"The community capacity building has started from day dot."
Camperdown Community House coordinator Emily Mercer can see a network of connections between her service and The Courthouse, and is working closely with Ms McCann to build these further.
"Both services are engaged in capacity building, helping build opportunities for people to build their own experience," Miss Mercer said.
"The courthouse is providing information to members of the community about their community, as much as it is providing help to visitors.
"It is helping to provide opportunities to connect people to other services and activities in their community."
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