Comment on your Community
Members and staff of Council have been having regular meetings with residents in West Fitzroy about issues that affect their part of the community.
A small group has been formed to develop a community plan for the West Fitzroy precinct which may morph into something bigger. Issues that are of particular concern inlcude: planning (heritage protection and social inclusion); public safety; anti-social behaviour (graffiti, drug and alcohol related incidents)
As a resident of Fitzroy, what are your views on these issues? What could the Council be doing differently? Please comment.
4 Comments
Perhaps Council should consider buying up some of the boarding houses before they all get sold and turned into expensive bedsit developments. Spose was already have state got owned Osborne House and Glass terrace is office of housing, but there are others still privately owned, and not particularly well maintained at least from the outside (Im thinking of Grantown House, 82 Nicholson). Port Philip has been doing this for years, in conjunction I think with State Govt. A way to ensure that low income housing still exists, and that it is managed properly.
This seems to be exactly what is happening at The Hub in Nicholson Street. There are presently 100 people living in this establishment in Nicholson Street. The proposed new development of expensive bedsits would mean that there will be around 50.
Tonight, May 17, is when we can voice our concerns again at the council meeting. Hope to see many people there at 7.
Newsletter – July 5.
Hi everyone,
Please note an interim email below, with some dates to note:
(a) Pleased to advise that our guest speaker for August will be Geoff Barber, Mayor of the City of Yarra.
Please pass the word around to friends and neighbours alike. (TUE 14th August.)
He will have some words on the Smith street precinct mentioned in the last email, and many other matters also.
If you have a question, come along.
(b) From Steve Jolly : There is a Public housing tenants rally this Friday > 6th July @ 4pm @ 140 Brunswick St, Fitzroy.
March to DHS offices. “No” to rent rises or privatization ! Please spread the word
(d) Noted in the Epicure today : Rice Queen (smith street) will move to the premises of Saint Jude (B’wick street.).
A great place it’s been there, with the Panama Dining room, perhaps they are moving due to the development on top of it.
(e.) Extract: Tony Abbott pledges to rev up east-west link – Phillip Hudson From: Herald Sun June 30, 2012 12:00AM
TONY Abbott will today (Saturday, 30 June 2012) promise to spend $1.5 billion to kick-start the East West Link tunnel if he becomes prime minister. Mr. Abbott’s pledge gives the green light to Victoria’s most significant road project… The announcement gives him the jump on the Gillard Government which was expected to announce funding later this year…The link between Eastern Freeway and Western Ring Rd also needs money from the Victorian Government and private sector, which seems likely to mean it will be tolled…
To read the full article go to: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/tony-abbott-pledges-to-rev-up-east-west-link/story-e6frf7jo-1226412727853
(f.) Some History. (with apologies to those in Marion street.)
The time when Fitzroy became a city, in 1878, is a convenient point to
identify with what were in fact a series of gradual changes in the suburbs.
Increased mobility of the population, (due to improved public transport by
horse drawn coach and from 1886-7 by cable tram along Brunswick Street and
Gertrude Street) made it easier for the population to move further out in
its pursuit of the ideal of a detached villa and garden. North Fitzroy
boomed largely as a dormitory area for successful citizens with
businesses in the south. At the same time many of the smaller cottages
between Johnston Street and Alexandra Parade were built for the not so rich.
Here R.H. Way’s lot 83 had been subdivided, probably in the 1850′s, into
fairly minute allotments, with the lines of Brunswick and Fitzroy Streets
preserved as required and with Leicester, Westgarth and Cecil Streets
placed transversely. The estate was known as “Theresaville”.
In the south, correspondingly families tended to give way to boarding houses,
and this is reflected in the number of largish houses in the southern part
between Brunswick and Nicholson Streets which are listed as owned by women.
Some however, may have been brothels for the clearance of the city’s red
light area in Stephen Street (Exhibition Street) and Little Bourke Street
from 1880 caused many brothel keepers to migrate to Fitzroy, notably to
Marion Street.
(g.) PPL VIC: East West Link – Herald Sun Article Tuesday 3 July 2012 “Labor turns anti-tunnel” 4
See Herald Sun Article in Tuesday 3 July 2012′s paper “Labor turns anti-tunnel.” Welcome news. Unfortunately our letters re the EW Link are not being published! See Link
http://m.news.com.au/VIC/fi1699353.htm
(h) see some GRANT news below.
Cheers, Tom
Fitzroy Residents’ Association. (FRA) . Est 1969.
Mission : to promote, protect and enhance residential amenity.
Email: info@fitzroyresidents.org.au http://www.fitzroyresidents.org.au
Meeting. Rainbow Hotel (6.30pm) , 2nd Tuesday each month (except Jan.) 27 St David Street.
===================================
FYI – Call 9853 9853 for further information
Having trouble reading this newsletter? View it online
The latest GrantNews is now online. Topics featured are:
Through the Eyes of Success
CanTeen and NIB Foundation: Supporting young people affected by their parent’s cancer. CanTeen was awarded a $1.5 million grant from the NIB Foundation. Here is their story.
Read More>
Expert Advice
Scholarships for Not-For-Profits: Discover what types of scholarships your NFP organisation can access through the Australian Scholarships Foundation (ASF).
Read More>
In an Assessor’s Shoes
Budget Basics: The essentials of preparing a project budget for a grant application.
Read More>
Tips & Tricks
10 writing tips to help your grant application stand out: From all the good and bad we have seen, here are our 10 writing tips to help you prepare a great application.
Read More>
Register and Tell a Friend
Register online today so you can also receive email alerts as new funding programs are added to the database.If you are already registered, why not forward this newsletter so your friends and colleagues can also benefit?
Read More>
Unsubscribe | Copyright 2012 GrantReady – ABN 29 391 943 079
Yarra Grants Team
City of Yarra PO Box 168 Richmond 3121
T (03) 9205 5555
E yarragrants@yarracity.vic.gov.au
W http://www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/Services/Community-Planning/Community-grants/
Please consider the environment before you print this email!
To subscribe to the Yarra Community Grants and Training Opportunities Mailing List please visit http://cityofyarra.smartygrants.com.au To unsubscribe, please contact us directly.