01 / Short versionThe short version.
I'm David Greenwood OAM. I've lived in Geelong for more than 35 years — in Lara with my partner Brett for the last decade. I run a theatre company that gives Geelong kids somewhere to grow up creative, and a technology business that helps local organisations run their offices. I've sat on community boards, raised over $1 million for local charities — from Cancer Council to Lara Football Netball Club — and in 2024 I was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the arts and to business.
In October 2024 I stood for the You Yangs Ward in the City of Greater Geelong council election. I didn't win — Chris Burson did, and I respect that result. But the ward needs someone working on its issues every week, not only in the eight weeks before a ballot. So I'm still here, still in the community, and I'm standing again in 2028.
This site is where I'll be writing it down: what I'm doing, what I'm reading in council papers, who I've met, and what I'd do differently if I was on council.
The work speaks. The candidate frames it. — A note I keep on my office wall.
02 / MilestonesSome milestones.
The honours below are public record. Each one links to a press article or an organisation's announcement.
03 / Where I standWhere I stand.
Plain English. These are positions I've held publicly — not in eight-week campaign mode, but every week of the year.
Transparency on local spending.
Every dollar of council money in You Yangs should be traceable to a project, a date, and a person responsible. I pushed for this on Serendip Sanctuary funding. It applies everywhere.
Genuine consultation, not surveys.
Door knocks. Hall meetings. Sit down with local resident groups, the CFA, the schools, the farmers. A survey link in a council newsletter is not consultation.
Back the people doing the work.
Volunteer organisations carry this region. Council's job is to fund and support them — not to take credit for what they deliver on the ground.
Arts & culture as community infrastructure.
The Northern Aquatic & Community Hub got a performance space because the community asked for one. I'll keep pushing for venues that work for sport, for performance, and for everyday gatherings.
Footpaths, crossings, the boring stuff.
The unglamorous list. The footpath outside the school. The crossing on Patullos Lane. The bench at the bus stop. Small things, named and counted.
An open office, in the ward.
Hamilton Highway in Fyansford. Four days a week. Walk in without an appointment. The phone goes through to me — 0422 589 271.
