Media Releases and Announcements of the North Canberra Community Council Inc.
The ACT Government has been working with the Pialligo community to develop a draft master plan that outlines the values, proposed vision and directions for the future. Pialligo is unique with its rural character, Aboriginal heritage and interesting retail outlets such as nurseries and shops. Pialligo was also Canberra’s original food bowl.
The North Canberra Community Council will host a public forum at 7.30pm on Wednesday 20 June, at ACT Sports House, 100 Maitland Street, Hackett. Chief Minister Katy Gallagher and the Labor Candidates for Molonglo will attend to talk about issues affecting North Canberra residents and to answer questions. This forum is the first of a pre-election series which will be sponsored by the NCCC. Cathy Hudson, Deputy Director of the Economic Development Directorate, will also provide an update on the Downer Centre redevelopment. All North Canberra residents are welcome.
Downer residents are invited to view and comment on the revised draft plans for the development of the Downer local centre precinct. Residents can attend the following drop-in session: When: Wednesday 27 June 2012, 6:00pm to 8.30pm Where: Downer Community Centre. Letters of invitation will delivered to all Downer residents during the week beginning Monday 18 June 2012. More information is available at the ACT Government Downer Re-development website Telephone enquiries may be directed to Ross McKay on 0409 469 645 or Alison Abernethy 02 6207 5443.
Canberrans are invited to comment on the recommendations of the draft master plan for Haig Park. Haig Park is listed on the ACT Heritage Register and is a significant landscape feature in the inner north of Canberra.
The ACT Government introduced new changes come into effect today that mean neighbours will receive valuable information about nearby demolition or development before building work begins. The Minister’s press release is available here » …
An online survey about day-to-day life, health and wellbeing in the ACT will be open 16th-31st of May. It is funded by ACT Health and is being run by researchers at both The Australian National University and The University of Canberra. They are hoping to get a diverse range of people taking the survey so that we have a real picture of what people in the ACT do with their time, and how they feel about it. It takes about 30 minutes and you can go into a draw to win one of these 46 great prizes: 3 Apple iPads …
The next meeting of the North Canberra Community Council will be held on Wednesday 16 May 2012 at ACT Sports House, 100 Maitland Street, Hackett commencing at 7:30pm. The meeting Agenda is
The ACT chapter of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects, with support from the ACT Department of Environment and Sustainable Development, is holding a series of free seminars next month about how we can design our home gardens and public spaces to help reduce our carbon footprint. We very much hope that many of your members will be able to attend one of the seminars. If so, we ask that they please register at www.aila.org.au/rsvp to help with the catering. Further detail on the seminars is available here » …
National Capital Plan Draft Amendment 75 – Australian Defence Force Academy and Royal Military College Duntroon Master Plan has recently been prepared by the National Capital Authority. Written submissions in response to the Master Plan will be considered up until the close of business on 17 May 2012. The document can be viewed or downloaded by logging into the NCA website www.nationalcapital.gov.au . For further information contact Rebecca Sorensen on 02 6271 2888 or email draft.amendment@natcap.gov.au . The North Canberra Community Council has concerns about the long term future of blocks of land where nationally endangered native temperate grassland is …
