Tag: business
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Maroondah Leader: Business let down at clean-up
The Ringwood Transit City Community Coalition’s (RTCCC) efforts with Clean Up Australia Day were recognised by the Maroondah Leader: THEY were few in numbers, but the Ringwood Transit City Community Coalition held up the fight in Maroondah for the Business Clean Up Australia Day. Sandra Hardiman said she was disappointed more local traders did not…
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Croydon Conservation Society AGM
The Croydon Conservation Society (CCS) held its annual general meeting this evening and featured Cr. Steve Beardon as their guest speaker. Cr. Beardon is renowned for being the founder of Residents Against Graffiti Everywhere (RAGE) a community lobby group which seeks the rapid removal of graffiti, community education and stronger enforcement of vandals. As a…
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Clean Up Australia Day
This morning along with members of the Ringwood Transit City Community Coalition (RTCCC) I assisted in cleaning up Ringwood as part of Clean Up Australia Day. Clean Up Australia Day is an annual event where volunteers clean, fix and conserve the environment. The Business Clean Up Day is held on the 28th of February while…
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Southern Rocycling: operating hours
The continued disruptions caused by Southern Rocycling and the ill effects for residents has been raised in Parliament by Peter Lockwood, Member for Bayswater: Mr LOCKWOOD (Bayswater) — I grieve this morning for residents who live in and around Heatherdale Road in Ringwood and Mitcham and their ongoing dispute with a local company, Southern Rocycling.…
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The Age: Bid to unite transport, planning
The Age recently conducted a number of features exploring the woes facing Melbourne’s public transport system. The difficulties facing Melbourne’s public transport stem from the lack of leadership provided by the State Government in ensuring progress towards the goal of increasing public transport modal share to 20% by the year 2020. In fact public transport…
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Candidate Statement
The postal ballots for the Maroondah Council elections will start arriving at households between Tuesday and Thursday of this week (the 8th to the 10th of November). Each candidate has the opportunity to submit a 150 word statement outlining their policies and vision for Maroondah and Loughnan’s Hill which is distributed as part of the…
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Maroondah Business Week Dinner
Tonight I attended the Maroondah Business Week Dinner, which concluded Maroondah Business Week which the presenting of the Business Excellence Awards presentations. These awards are presented to businesses which are both successful and demonstrate a commitment to the local community. The Business Week Dinner presented an opportunity to demonstrate the role Maroondah businesses play within…
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RTCCC Combats Graffiti – The Scourge of Ringwood
The presence of graffiti can be detrimental to the revitalisation of any urban centre and as such the prompt removal of graffiti must take place within Ringwood and the entire Maroondah municipality. To combat the growing presence of graffiti the Ringwood Transit City Community Coalition (RTCCC) is pleased to announce that it will be holding…
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Presentation: Integrated Transport Planning
Today, upon invitation from Dr. Robin Goodman, the Postgraduate Course Coordinator for the Environment and Planning Program at RMIT, I presented a community perspective into the Ringwood Transit City Project for RMIT’s Integrated Transport Planning Course. The slides and speech content are available here.
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Outer East PTUA Branch Meeting – Ensuring Mobility
Perhaps unsurprisingly the issue of rising oil prices dominated this month’s PTUA East and Outer East Branch Meeting. It is clear that rising oil prices are eroding disposable income resulting in serious repercussions for the future economic viability of Melbourne and the Outer East. Research from the Victorian Council of Social Services (VCOSS) has shown…