Category: Community Engagement
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Transition Towns Maroondah Transport Group
Transition Towns is a community based movement that aims to empower communities to respond to the challenges of peak oil and climate change. Transition Towns aims to promote thinking globally and acting locally, through localised groups. Maroondah has a transition towns organisation that has established several working groups exploring strategies in developing a future that…
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The 43rd Ringwood Highland Games
The Ringwood Highland Games is one of Maroondah’s largest community based events and is held at Jubilee Park in Ringwood. The Highland Games began in 1966 through the former Ringwood Council and is managed through a voluntary Committee of Management, with assistance from the Maroondah City Council. As the Mayor of Maroondah, I was invited…
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Media Release: Maroondah Art Gallery to host Ringwood Art Society Artist of the Year exhibition
The Ringwood Art Society Artist of the Year Exhibition will be held at Maroondah Art Gallery (MAG) from Thursday 15 April to Saturday 8 May. The exhibition is the society’s major annual event showcasing new artworks by members. Entrants are required to submit three works including a portrait or life study, an outdoor scene and…
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Ringwood Bowls Club – Sponsorship Appreciation Night
The Ringwood Bowls Club is based at 2-12 Loughnan Road in Ringwood and features two grass and one synthetic green. The Club holds regular activities throughout the year including its Community Connect, which brings together corporate and community supporters of the Club. This evening the Club held its Sponsorship Appreciation Night to acknowledge the many…
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42nd Annual General Meeting for the Maroondah Citizens Advice Bureau
The Maroondah Citizens Advice Bureau has offices in Ringwood and Croydon within Maroondah, where they provide referral services and emergency relief. The organisation is operated largely through volunteers, who need to complete a training course before they can provide assistance to people in need of their services. This afternoon the Maroondah Citizens Advice Bureau held…
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Maroondah Journal: One step at a time for Mayor
One of the first initiatives I implemented as Mayor was to return the Mayoral car, meaning I would continue to utilise sustainable transport, such as buses, trains and walking when undertaking Council commitments. The Maroondah Journal has reported on my usage of sustainable forms of transport within my Mayoral term: Maroondah mayor Alex Makin has…
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Maroondah Leader: Stink over bid to raise landfill levy
The State Government charges a landfill levy, which applies to municipal, commercial and industrial and prescribed industrial wastes that are deposited onto licensed facilities in Victoria. The State Government recently announced an increase in the levy from $9 to $30 per tonne, which will have an adverse financial effect on local government, since councils provide…
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Speaking to the Croydon Stroke Support Group
The Croydon Stroke Support Group is a peer support group for people with stroke and their carers. The group meets on a weekly basis from 10.30 until midday each Thursday at the Heathmont Community Living Centre. This morning I was invited as the group’s guest speaker, where I discussed the plans for the Ringwood Central…
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Media Release: Moving returns to Ringwood with new selection of artworks
The vacant shop windows of central Ringwood are now home to a new exhibition of artworks as part of the Moving project. The project aims to transform these vacant shop windows into works of art as Ringwood makes the transition into a vibrant Central Activities District (CAD). Mayor of Maroondah, Councillor Alex Makin, said the…
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Eastern Football League: 2010 Season Launch
The Eastern Football League (EFL) is based in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, stretching from Balwyn through to Noble Park. The League consists of 43 teams total across four divisions. This evening I attended the launch of the EFL’s 2010 season launch, which provided an overview of the League and the Clubs within the competition. The EFL…