Category: Maroondah City Council
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Delegates' Report: EVRC, Heatherdale Road and the ETC
I echo comments in regard to the Eastern Volunteer Resource Centre and the community service the organisation provides. In regard I will be tabling their Annual Report, which was presented at their 30th AGM. On the 13th I attended a meeting of the Heatherdale Community Action Group. This group, which represents the residents of Heatherdale,…
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Eastern Transport Coalition continuing the fight for fair public transport fares
Tonight’s Eastern Transport Coalition Meeting focused on the ‘fair fare’ campaign with a survey being developed which aims to ascertain the extent in which zone three penalises public transport users and encourages the practice of driving to areas such as Heatherdale to avoid paying for the additional zone. This research will help present a case…
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Maroondah Hospital: Charity Golf Day Thank You
Maroondah Hospital located in Mount Dandenong Road, Ringwood East, held its first annual golf day to encourage businesses to sponsor equipment purchases for the Hospital. Today’s event was a presentation organised by the Hospital staff to explain the purpose of the fundraiser and the equipment that they were able to purchase after the successful event.…
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Heatherdale Community Action Group 'celebrating a successful win'
The Heatherdale Community Action Group Inc. (formerly the Heatherdale Road Action Group) continues to grow as it strives to represent the Heatherdale community. Tonight’s meeting included the Manager of Property and Rates from Whitehorse who explained the process of revaluations and a State Emergency Services (SES) volunteer who spoke about the Nunawading SES and the…
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Maroondah Leader: Station short of all-day parking
The Maroondah Leader has reported parking difficulties experienced at Croydon Station which were raised as a public question at the last Maroondah City Council meeting: LACK of all-day car parking at Croydon railway station is driving commuters away from public transport, student Nicolas Piastra says. The Croydon student asked Maroondah Council at its September 4…
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Ringwood Chamber of Commerce – Small and Medium Business Policies
The Ringwood Chamber of Commerce meets on the second of Tuesday of month to discuss topics and issues relevant to businesses within Ringwood. This evening’s meeting included a presentation by Bruce Atkinson, the Shadow Minister for Small & Medium Enterprises, Workcover and Recreation, and member for Koonung Province. Bruce Atkinson outlined the red tape that…
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Maroondah Toy Library
This morning I visited the Maroondah Toy Library located in the Scout Hall located at BJ Hubbard Reserve in Ringwood North The Maroondah Toy Library is a voluntary organisation that is open each Saturday morning from 10am to 12pm during the school term and allows parents to borrow toys for their children. In particular the…
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Maroondah City Council Award for ICLEI Water Campaign
This morning on behalf of Maroondah City Council I accepted an award for the achievement of Milestone 3 Corporate in the ICLEI Water Campaign. ICLEI is the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives and is an internationally based non-profit local government association which aims to build a movement of councils to achieve tangible improvements in…
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EV's Youth Centre: FReeZA Group Graduation
This evening I attended the graduation event for Maroondah’s FReeZA group which operates through Maroondah’s EV’s Youth Centre in Croydon. FReeZA allows for a committee of a dozen people aged between 12 and 25 to organise music and cultural events over a twelve-month period. This year’s group hosted nine music events almost twice as many…
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Eastern Volunteer Resource Centre (EVRC) AGM
This afternoon, immediately after the court action against Southern Rocycling, I attended the Eastern Volunteer Resource Centre’s (EVRC) AGM. EVRC has this year celebrated 30 years of service to the community and is still serving the community by providing assistance to residents in need and coordinating volunteer services. With the current strong leadership and dedicated…