16 April Newsletter Friends of Eaglemont Village
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Hello again - our second edition of the weekly summary of the posts to our Friends of Eaglemont Village website, Eaglemont's Voice, for your reading pleasure.
Eaglemont Tennis Club
Eaglemont has had many moments in the sporting spotlight but eventually housing has crowded out our sporting venues.
False, false, false
Does the parking lot of the Town Hall complex at Ivanhoe qualify as “public open space”? A place for a picnic, to throw a frisbee, to have a scratch cricket match? Banyule Council claims it is!
Calls for Heidelberg Station upgrade -
Great patience required in 1901 ingetting “movement at the station”. Perhaps A. B. PATERSON was referring to a different station.
Get Those Bikes On The Footpath!
Bikes, pedestrians & vehicles co-exist harmoniously in a city with 12 times Melbourne’s population density.
Queensland Fruit Fly - A Problem Coming For Home Gardeners
Don’t hope there is no Queensland Fruit Fly about - check for it, then eradicate it.
The Great Rates Heist
Roads, rates and rubbish is only part of the local government story. Are we in the south getting our fair share?
Banyule Values Public Participation
Just what is community engagement? How can the community best be involved in decisions that affect them? How “local” is local government? Who gets access to decision-makers?
A Quiet English Village Lane?
Neighbourhood character - development changes houses into units, private gardens become a couple of pot plants. Streets become parking lots. Where is the Council response?
Grand Opening - 3000 Schoolchildren get a day off!
Mayor of Fitzroy hosts a celebration at Heidelberg for 3000 schoolchildren.
Member discussion