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RWA Email Update - 29 August 2011
RWA Email Update - 29 August 2011
In this RWA Email Update use the links below to skip to specific stories:
Shop Front Improvement Program
Eveleigh Market Wins Delicious Award
Underbelly Transforms The Block
Modification to the use of Track 8 and Track 12 within the Carriage Workshops, North Eveleigh
New standby generator and building works to the Transport Management Centre, ATP
NEWS
Redfern Gets a Warm Welcome
Redfern commuters were given a warm welcome at Redfern Train Station on Tuesday, 9 August 2011 as part of a campaign to promote Redfern as a vibrant destination for both business and recreation.
Reggie the Rabbit, the South Sydney Rabbitohs mascot, was there along with Redfern ambassadors to hand out Redfern goodie bags to promote the Redfern brand which contained native Aboriginal treats freshly prepared by Yaama Dhiyaan, a Redfern sticker, an Urban Walkabout Guide to Redfern-Waterloo, Eveleigh Market information and more. Redfern merchandise was also on sale.
Redfern cafes around Redfern and Regent Street threw their support behind the initiative with take away coffee being served in Redfern-branded coffee cups.
The Redfern brand has been created to promote Redfern and the surrounding suburbs of Waterloo, Darlington and Eveleigh as a thriving place for both business and recreation. The Redfern brand is an initiative of the Roll Up Redfern Group comprising the Redfern-Waterloo Authority, City of Sydney, South Sydney Rabbitohs, South Sydney Business Chamber and the community group REDWatch.
Don’t forget to stay up to date with what’s happening in Redfern at www.facebook.com/redfernwaterloo or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/redfern
Shop Front Improvement Program
Redfern businesses are letting the world know that Redfern is open for business through the Shop Improvement Matching Grant Program. Redfern Cellars and Labels on Sale are the latest businesses to receive a grant to remove their roller shutters through the program that provides matched cash funding of up to $3,000 from the City of Sydney, with additional financial support from the Redfern-Waterloo Authority for the early adopters of this program.
The Shop Improvement Matching Grant Program provides an incentive to building owners or tenants to make improvements to a Redfern shopfront. The program aims to create renewed interest and vibrancy along Redfern and Regent Streets, Redfern and Abercrombie Street, Darlington. Through this program, the City of Sydney has partnered with the Roll Up Redfern Group comprising Redfern-Waterloo Authority, the South Sydney Business Chamber, South Sydney Rabbitohs and REDWatch.
Labels on Sale is a significant building situated on the corner of Regent and Redfern St, thus forming a gateway to Redfern. This corner is viewed daily by up to 40,000 passing vehicles so the removal of the shutters will promote a sense of vibrancy and business activity that reflects the improvements happening in the area.
For more information or to apply for a grant please visit: http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Business/CityEconomy/RedfernShopfront.asp
Master Planning Expo
Housing NSW held a Planning Expo at REDWater Markets at Redfern Park on Saturday, 20 August 2011 from 10am-3pm for the BEP 2 Preliminary Master Planning Project. The Expo included fun activities to encourage everyone to imagine how a Master Plan for the area could contribute to a better place to live. There was a free sausage sizzle and a loop bus service around Redfern and Waterloo to take residents to Redfern Park and back home.
The Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority (SMDA) was also be there to meet with the local community to explain more about the role of the SMDA and the planning process for Redfern-Waterloo including:
the history of the Built Environment Plan Stage 1 through to the exhibition of the Urban Renewal Study and Strategy; and
a map outlining the study area of the Redfern-Waterloo Urban Renewal Strategy that indicates that the sites identified through the draft Built Environment Plan Stage 2 are included in this area.
The event was a good way for the community to learn more about planning in Redfern-Waterloo and to provide feedback on community consultation. Turn out to this community engagement event was good with the public very interested to find out more about the Built Environment Plan Stage 2 and the role the SMDA will play in future urban renewal of the Redfern-Waterloo area.
Redfern RSL Works Continue
The development at the former Redfern RSL continues as the new building starts to take full shape. The mixed-use development of 18 storeys is progressing well, particularly after the heavy rains that were experienced earlier in the year.
157 Redfern St - ‘Deicota’ - As part of this development, the Deicota site will be busy over the next few months with the building fit out to commence in November, 2011. Deicota will consist of 88 apartments, 800sqm of retail space, 1,500sqm of club space and 1,600sqm of commercial space. Work to the new RSL Club itself has commenced with glazing and fit out to start in October 2011. This project is expected to be complete in May 2012.
7-9 Gibbons – ‘URBA’ - Demolition work at 7-9 Gibbons St including the car park is scheduled to commence in November 2011. The development of the site includes 135 apartments, 400sqm ground floor retail, 1,200sqm first floor retail, and 700sqm second floor commercial space.
Eveleigh Market Wins Delicious Award
Eveleigh Farmers’ Market has won the national award for Most Outstanding Farmers’ Market at the Delicious Produce Awards held on 25 July 2011 in recognition of its fresh, locally sourced and high-quality produce.
Eveleigh Farmers’ Market won the national award for bringing seasonal produce straight from the farm to the inner city. Eveleigh Market has a strict charter with the producers committed to growing, raising and making their own produce for the community to enjoy.
Food critic Simon Thomsen sums up Eveleigh Market perfectly: “It has a strong sense of community, fine produce direct from the people who grow it, chefs such as Alex Herbert and Kylie Kwong regularly cooking breakfasts and a family atmosphere.”
The Delicious Produce Awards, now in its sixth year, was held at Guillaume at Bennelong, Sydney to showcase and reward Australia’s top producers in categories including From the Earth, From the Dairy, From the Paddock, From the Sea and Artisan. The judging panel included some of Australia’s leading chefs including Matt Moran, Phillip Johnson, Cheong Liew, Alla Wolf-Tasker and Maggie Beer.
Souths Push For the Finals
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are making a strong run toward the Premiership in the NRL. All of Redfern and Waterloo, as well as the many other Souths fans, are wishing their home team well in the final rounds of the competition.
Irrespective of the outcomes of the upcoming games, it has been exciting to see the Rabbitohs playing with such commitment and enthusiasm, and the thoughts and wishes of the Redfern-Waterloo community are with the team as they strive toward the finals.
NCIE Update
More than 30 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from across the country stayed at the National Centre for Indigenous Excellence (NCIE) last week for a NAISDA Dance College Dance Camp. NAISDA is a Pathway Partner of the NCIE and runs accredited courses in Indigenous Dance.
The intensive week-long dance camp saw the group performing for family and friends, NCIE staff and the South African International AFL team who were also staying at the NCIE.
Since opening in February 2010, the NCIE has grown to become a meeting place for the local Redfern community as well as visitors from across the country. Located on the site of the old Redfern Primary School in George Street, the NCIE offers a Sports, Arts and Recreation Centre, Campus and Corporate Conferencing Centre.
The NCIE will be running special events in the lead up to Father’s Day as well as their usual program of sports competitions including Men’s Futsal, Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball, Mixed Basketball and Mixed Touch Football. A new season is starting soon so visit the NCIE website for more information at www.ncie.org.au
Call for Heritage Volunteers
Australian Technology Park Sydney Limited is inviting applications from people with a passionate interest in Australia’s industrial past to join a committed team of part-time heritage volunteers at ATP.
ATP was once the site of Australia’s largest workforce for the manufacture of steam locomotives with much of the machinery still on site. ATP is looking for interested volunteers to submit expressions of interest for:
Customer Service Volunteers
§ To assist visitors to the ATP with wayfinding and interpretation of ATP’s rich heritage and lead small group tours from time to time as required.
§ Cataloguing of heritage assets
Conservation Volunteers
§ To work on heritage equipment, machinery and other assets. This will involve working with light hand tools, paint brushes etc
§ Cataloguing of heritage assets
For an information pack with further details, please contact Gary Love, ATPSL’s Project Manager Sustainability & Volunteering on 9209 4426 or email g.love@atp.com.au
Underbelly Transforms The Block
You may have noticed something familiar on the new television series of Underbelly: Razor with the filming of the series taking place at The Block, Redfern.
The Block was transformed in to a set from the 1920’s with seven buildings erected on site to mimic Darlinghurst Road and surrounding streets including period cars and costumes from the era.
The Block was chosen as the ideal location for the shoot because of its terrace houses and narrow lanes. Local EORA TAFE students were also given the opportunity to work on set with student Damien Davis joining the film crew for work experience to help with props and special effects.
Filming finished at The Block in July 2011. The series is currently being shown on Channel Nine.
DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS
Interpretative and exhibition fit out of Part of Bays 1 & 2 of the Locomotive Workshop, Australian Technology Park (ATP)
The application for the interpretative and exhibition fit out of part of Bays 1 & 2 of the Locomotive Workshop at ATP was approved on 27 July 2011.
New wayfinding signage at ATP
The application for the removal of existing wayfinding signage and the installation of new directional, building and business identification signage at ATP was approved on 4 August 2011.
Modification to the use of Track 8 and Track 12 within the Carriage Workshops, North Eveleigh
An application was received to amend the conditions of consent for the use of existing rehearsal rooms (Track 8 and Track 12) within the former Carriage Workshops at North Eveleigh as public ticketed performance spaces for small to medium sized arts organisations. The application was on exhibition from 26 July to 9 August 2011.
New standby generator and building works to the Transport Management Centre, ATP
A development application was received for the replacement and installation of a new standby generator and associated works to the eastern facade of the Transport Management Centre at 25 Garden Street, Eveleigh. The application was on exhibition from 3 to 17 August 2011.
WHAT’S ON
1 September - REDWatch Meeting - Join Housing NSW at the next REDWatch meeting to hear more about the Housing NSW Master Planning Process and how this will affect public and private residents. From 6pm at The Factory Community Centre, 76 Raglan St, Waterloo. Contact Geoff Turnbull on 9318 0824 or email mail@redwatch.org.au for more information.
9 September - Waterloo Housing Forum - City of Sydney invites Waterloo Housing NSW tenants to speak with Lord Mayor Clover Moore, Councillors, City of Sydney Staff, Housing NSW and representatives from the Local Area Police Command. From 10.30am-12pm at The Factory Community Centre, 76 Raglan St, Waterloo.
15 September - Asian Moon Festival - Organised by local volunteer Mabel Chang, join the Asian Moon Festival, now in its sixth year, for a free, delicious Asian-style lunch. From 4pm-6pm at the Waterloo Neighbourhood Centre, Shop 5 /95 Wellington St, Waterloo.
17 September – Basketball Fundraiser - Join a fundraising night for Jaden Weldon to attend a USA Basketball Development Tour. The night is set to be an enjoyable evening with socialising, a DJ and finger food. Tickets are $10. From 7.30pm til late at Railz, 56 Regent St, Redfern.
20 September - Playgroup in the Park - Local families with children under 5 years of age can join the fun of Playgroup in the Park with an animal farm and pony rides, jumping castle, music, clown entertainment, face painting, a puppet show and more! Bring your own picnic lunch. From 10.30am-1pm at Redfern Park.
Eveleigh Farmers’ Market – every Saturday 8am to 1pm - Stock up on fresh produce straight from the farm at Eveleigh Farmers’ Market, an undercover, and traditional weekly Farmers’ Market held in the historic Blacksmith Workshop on Wilson Street in Darlington. Selling unique produce from fresh fruit and vegetables, meats, flowers and gourmet treats, Eveleigh Farmers Market is Sydney’s only ‘rain, hail, shine’ venue with an inspiring heritage backdrop. Eveleigh Farmers’ Market is held every Saturday from 8am to 1pm. For more information, please visit www.eveleighmarket.com.au
Eveleigh Artisans’ Market –first Sunday of the month, 10am to 3pm - Showcasing the best in Australian independent design, art and crafts, Eveleigh Artisans’ Market takes place on the first Sunday of the month from 10am-3pm under the heritage listed Blacksmith Workshop.
Alexandria Community Garden – 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month - Interested in learning how to grow fruit and vegetables? Join other garden enthusiasts (both novices and experienced) at the Alexandria Community Garden. Working bees take place on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month at Connect Redfern, Park St, Alexandria.
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