Category: Urban Sustainability

Sustainable Living Space planning workshop

Feb 4, 2009

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alex

in Community Engagement, Environment, Maroondah City Council, Social Sustainability, Sustainable Transport, Urban Sustainability

The Sustainable Living Space is a joint project between North Ringwood Community House, Eastern Volunteers, Park Orchards Learning Centre as well as Maroondah and Manningham Councils. The project aims to explore the feasibility of a sustainable living space within Melbourne’s eastern suburbs and aims to strengthen community interest in sustainability and conservation. Today’s meeting provided…
Sustainable Living Space Working Group meeting

Feb 2, 2009

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alex

in Community Engagement, Environment, Maroondah City Council, Sustainable Transport, Urban Sustainability

The Sustainable Living Space Working Group is a partnership between North Ringwood Community House, Park Orchards Learning Centre, Eastern Volunteers Resource Centre and Maroondah and Manningham Councils. The project involves the assessment of support for a CERES type sustainability project within Melbourne’s outer eastern suburbs. A project manager has been appointed by the working group…
Maroondah bus services review – community workshop

Feb 1, 2009

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alex

in Accessibility, Community Engagement, Maroondah City Council, Social Sustainability, Sustainable Transport, Urban Sustainability

The Department of Transport has announced a review of bus services in the City of Knox, the City of Maroondah and the Shire of Yarra Ranges and will be holding a workshop on Thursday the 19th of February from 6:30 pm at the Ringwood RSL. The review aims to prepare an improvement plan for local bus services…
Maroondah workshop on bus services

Jan 29, 2009

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alex

in Accessibility, Community Engagement, Maroondah City Council, Social Sustainability, Sustainable Transport, Urban Sustainability

The State Government will shortly be undertaking a review of bus services across Maroondah, Yarra Ranges and Knox. These reviews, which have been progressively undertaken across Metropolitan Melbourne, provide an opportunity to highlight gaps in network coverage, as well as routes requiring service improvements or re-routing. This evening Maroondah hosted a public workshop to provide…
Eastern Transport Coalition Presentation on Train and Tram Refranchising

Jan 28, 2009

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alex

in Accessibility, Eastern Transport Coalition, Health Safety Wellbeing committee, Maroondah City Council, Social Sustainability, Speeches and Presentations, Sustainable Transport, Urban Sustainability

As the Deputy Chair of the Eastern Transport Coalition I was invited to present the ETC’s views on the re-franchising arrangements for the rail and tram network. The presentation provided an opportunity to highlight the needs of Melbourne’s outer suburban residents and opportunities that can be pursued through the new franchise arrangements for more a…
Media Release: Opening the doors to our youth

Jan 28, 2009

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alex

in Community Engagement, Maroondah City Council, Urban Sustainability

Live entertainment, information and support sessions, a place to hang out and have fun are just some of the exciting things on offer at Maroondah City Council’s EV’s Youth Centre. Wednesday 4 February will see EV’s Youth Centre open the doors for another year of great activities and services for young people in Maroondah. Councillor…
2009 Australia Day Awards and Citizenship Ceremony

Jan 26, 2009

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alex

in Maroondah City Council, Social Sustainability

To commemorate Australia Day the City of Maroondah holds a citizenship ceremony as well as acknowledging the recipients and nominees for Maroondah’s Australia Day Awards. The Australia Day Awards include three categories, citizen of the year, young citizen of the year and community event of the year. This year’s successful nominees were focused on social…
VLGA: Discussing advocacy within local government

Jan 23, 2009

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alex

in Community Engagement, Social Sustainability, Speeches and Presentations, Sustainable Transport, Urban Sustainability

VLGA: Discussing advocacy within local government The Victorian Local Governance Association (VLGA) is a peak body for councillors, local government and community leaders with an emphasis on governance and sustainability. As the Deputy Chair of the Eastern Transport Coalition I was invited to speak at the VLGA’s Essential Mayors Weekend, a conference designed to assist…
Maroondah Leader: Cash makes a splash

Jan 6, 2009

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alex

in Accessibility, Community Engagement, Environment, Maroondah City Council, Urban Sustainability

In November last year the Commonwealth Government convened the inaugural meeting of the Australian Council of Local Government, designed to create stronger partnerships between the Federal Government and local councils across Australia. The inaugural meeting included additional funding to local governments to undertake projects that improve council facilities which serve the community. The Maroondah Leader…
Eastern Transport Coalition meeting

Dec 22, 2008

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alex

in Maroondah City Council, Social Sustainability, Sustainable Transport

The Eastern Transport Coalition consists of seven outer eastern metropolitan councils (Maroondah, Knox, Whitehorse, Yarra Ranges, Manningham, Monash and Greater Dandenong) and is a regional based advocacy group that lobbies for better public transport in Melbourne’s outer east. The Eastern Transport Coalition meets on a monthly basis to discuss the transport priorities of the region…