July-August 2016 Oceania Edition

26 Business View Australia - July - August 2016 The City of Melton is one of the fastest-growing areas in the Melbourne region, with a significant number of people moving into the municipality each year. Of course, it wasn’t always like that. In the 1970s, Melton was identified asasatellitetownandslowlycontinued to grow until it had 50,000 residents in 2000. At that point, the Caroline Springs development opened up and took off almost immediately. In 2005, when the state government expanded the urban development plan to turn rural zones around Melton into urban growth zones, Melton’s growth was firmly established. Combined with a similar extension in 2009, Melton’s population has now grown to 137,000. Melton City Council Fostering a developing community