Heart of Frankston Campaign

School Students Have Their Say!

Frankston City

Frankston is a much loved place for all us 'teens'. Hanging out at the beach or shopping at Bayside and at the skate park would be where you find us all. Some of us like hanging out in Young Street and underage clubs.

Young street needs a bit of redoing, there have been some improvements like the skate park, pier and shopping centres but they need to be focused on Young Street. Yes the station has been done up and no doubt that it looks great but Young street does not make you feel welcome walking out. A lot of kids and even adults hang there and they're not all friendly. Maybe if improvements were done they'd clear off or change nature. Not just kids need to feel safe but also the adults that come by too.

The riddance of underage clubs could also improve the Frankston environment. These places shouldn't even be allowed, it just gives the underage a bad name and bad impressions. These places attract unwanted people and actions that are uncalled for. Many 18 year olds and above are allowed to have fun so I'm not saying to get rid of the clubs entirely but have a no underage policy. These events give us excuses to dress all 'slutty' and these provoke events to happen. Having seen these things, I only see a few people looking out for us, but knowing teens who are dressed up and pumped that they're doing something 'cool' a 'few' people can't take care of about 200 teens like us.

Trying not to drag on, I think they should brighten store fronts and make them look less 'scummy' on Young Street, also to fix up bus stations and areas. We have a beautiful beach with a massive shopping centre right next door; we should use these features to our advantage to bring more people in our town.

Frankston should look welcoming and friendly. There's no way our suburb will be perfect there's no such thing, we just need to feel safe, the safety should be focused on, instead of making our town look better. Frankston should feel welcoming and safe to not only us growing generation but also to the adults that come by. We should all be able to walk through Frankston with each step feeling like someone will threaten us.

By Sari-Jade Binnington