The Friends of Mount Majura are inviting the community to join local botanist Michael Doherty for a walk through various types of woodland and discover the range of tree species growing on Mount Majura.
The next meeting of the Hackett Community Association will occur on Tuesday 18 August 2009, 7:30pm at ACT Sports House, 100 Maitland Street, Hackett. A key item for discussion at the upcoming meeting on the 18 August will be the response from ACT Roads to questions about traffic in Hackett
The Community Noticeboard, is a weekly one-stop location of all ACT Government community engagement activities.
ACTPLA has engaged external consultants Purdon Associates to manage the Dickson Centre Planning Project. The study will guide future urban planning in the Dickson centre. It will include consultation with the community, community groups, business representatives and other stakeholders to develop a vision for the future of centre. The public are invited to attend an initial visioning workshop on Tuesday 25 August 2009. This workshop is open to lessees, business owners, local residents, community organisations, and anyone with an interest in the centre. The Visioning Workshop will: discuss the project approach review research undertaken to date work towards creating a …
On Monday 17 August, SEE-Change ACT Inner North will be holding a Q&A with a Carbon Cop.
The Friends of Mount Majura are inviting the community to join in for a “Horehound Blitz” weeding party on Sunday 16th August 2009. Help remove a serious ground cover weed in the vicinity of the National Tree Day planting sites. Give as little or as much time as you like. You will make a difference!
On Sunday 2 August, more than 140 volunteers from Hackett and surrounding suburbs joined by Ms Caroline Le Couteur MLA, Minister Andrew Barr and Senator Gary Humphries celebrated National Tree Day 2009 by planting over 300 local trees in Mount Majura nature reserve. Friends of Mount Majura (FoMM), Mount Ainslie Weeders, Watson Woodland Working Group and Hackett Community Association, joined forces for the massive workload involved in preparation, planning and planting for the event. The degraded Majura paddock was checked thoroughly of for hazardous materials prior to the event and given a clean bill of health the Environment Protection Authority. …
The Community Noticeboard, is a weekly one-stop location of all ACT Government community engagement activities.
Over the last couple of years the Hackett Community Association has been discussing with Roads ACT the need for a pedestrian crossing on Madigan Street near the shops. Residents have been concerned about the volume and speed of the traffic on Madigan Street during the morning peak period. This is of particular concern for older residents in the suburb. [googlemaps http://maps.google.com.au/maps/sv?cbp=11,206.73,,0,7.05&cbll=-35.247849,149.163348&v=1&panoid=&gl=au&hl=&w=425&h=240]
