PLANNING DAY
The Factory Community Centre has a 30 year history of engaging artists in community development projects.
In October 2012, along with our partners we will host the 12th World Festival of Children’s Theatre. Kids from all over the world will come to Australia to perform together, do workshops together and most... importantly make best friends for life.
And where will this happen?
- At Cockatoo Island, in the middle of Sydney Harbour...sleeping in tents, under the southern sky.
This is the dream...
So, if you are a community artist, local businessman, director, writer, performer, financier, critic, manager, musician, dancer, fundraiser, youth leader... young or young at heart... and would like to help make this dream become a reality, join us for a day of brainstorming, sharing ideas, workshoping and planning as we make our dream ... a festival like no other.
When: Saturday 20th November 2010 Time: 9 am – 2 pm
Where: Factory Community Centre, 67 Raglan Street, Waterloo, NSW 2017
To register email Mike or Claire on info@the-factory.org.au or phone: 9698 9569.
]]>6 March, various sessions: joins us for a walk and talk tour of Redfern to compare existing buildings and best practice. Russian. Mandarin and Cantonese language support available. Refreshment provided.
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13 March, various sessions: Join us for a walk and talk tour of Waterloo to compare existing building and best practice. Russian. Mandarin and Cantonese language support available. Refreshment provided.
]]>21 March 9am to 2:30pm or 6pm to 9:00pm: join us in the second Community Design Workshop for Redfern. Be a planner for a day and share your ideas for a better Redfern. Meet in the large hall of the Redfern Town Hall, lunch or supper provided
Note 7 March 2012 : Venue Change from Redfern Town Hall to Souths on Chalmers (265 Chalmers Street, Redfern).
]]>28 March 9am to 2:30pm or 6pm to 9:00pm: join us in the second Community Design Workshop for Waterloo. Be a planner for a day and share your ideas for a better Waterloo. Meet in the large hall of the Redfern Town Hall, lunch or supper provided.
Note 7 March 2012 : Venue Change from Redfern Town Hall to Souths on Chalmers (265 Chalmers Street, Redfern).
]]>The Abercrombie Precinct will include student accommodation, and increase the Business School’s ability to attract the very best students, teachers and researchers from around the world.
“Keeping the community informed about the progress of the Abercrombie Precinct project is very important to the University of Sydney,” said Greg Robinson, Director of Campus Infrastructure and Services.
“The feedback we received from the community following public exhibition in May this year was extremely valuable and helped us to refine the design even further.
“In particular, the University has reduced the height of the planned student accommodation building and increased setbacks to better integrate the development with surrounding properties.”
Through consultation activities and meetings with key local community groups, the University of Sydney understands that traffic and parking are important issues for local residents. To minimise these impacts, the revised design includes:
The University is currently in discussions with the NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure about the conditions of approval for the project.
“Subject to approval, we will undertake preliminary work to remove the demountable buildings on Codrington Street later this year,” Mr Robinson said.
“In the meantime, we look forward to continuing discussions with our neighbours and local residents about this leading-edge development.
“I urge everyone who would like to find out more about this exciting project to come and visit us at our information stall at the Eveleigh Market,” said Mr Robinson.
Information on the Abercrombie Precinct is also on display in the foyer of the University’s Services Building, 22 Codrington Street. You can access the foyer between 8.30am and 4.30pm Monday to Friday.
For more information visit sydney.edu.au/abercrombie_precinct/ email the project team at abercrombie.precinct@sydney.edu.au or call 02 9351 7838.
Please contact: Claire Sargent, Communications Manager, Campus Infrastructure and Services, the University of Sydney on 0478 882 762 or 02 9114 2112.
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The proposal has now been referred to the Planning Assessment Commission for determination, under the terms of the Minister’s delegation.
For this application, the Commission comprises:
The application and associated documents, including the Department of Planning and Infrastructure’s assessment report and recommendation, are publicly available on the Department’s website (application number MP07_0158) and via the Commission website www.pac.nsw.gov.au, listed as D173/12 – Abercrombie Street Precinct Redevelopment, University of Sydney in the PAC Register.
Due to the level of public interest in the application, the Commission will be meeting to hear public views on the Department’s assessment report and recommendation, prior to determining the project.
The Commission meeting will be open to the public and is scheduled to commence at 3 pm on Monday 5 November 2012 at The Rydges Camperdown Hotel, 9 Missenden Road, Camperdown.
If you wish to comment on the Department’s recommendation, you must register to speak at the meeting by contacting Mrs Greyce Fernandes on (02) 9383 2112 or email pac@pac.nsw.gov.au before 2 pm, Friday 2 November 2012.
If you have any questions on the Commission process, please call me on (02) 9383 2113 or email megan.webb@planning.nsw.gov.au.
]]>A COMMUNITY MEETING has been organised, so you are informed and can voice your concerns. The meeting is at Redfern Town Hall, Pitt Street (off Cleveland Street), so as many people as possible can attend. The media, guest speakers from the Nature Conservation Council of NSW and Better Planning Network as well candidates for the Sydney by-election and representatives from the City of Sydney have been invited.
We urge you to attend this very IMPORTANT meeting. Without large scale support, these changes are likely to be rail-roaded through. Make an evening of it by bringing your neighbours and friends. For more information, email innercityplanningnetwork@gmail.com. To view/download the “discussion” paper, go to www.planning.nsw.gov.au/a-new-planning-system-for-nsw.
This forum is supported by 2011 Residents’ Association Inc, Alexandria Residents Action Group, Chippendale Residents Interest Group, Darlinghurst Residents Action Group, Friends of Erskineville, REDWATCH, Pyrmont Action Inc, in association with Better Planning Network
]]>We have also asked that in addition to the update that we start to get into some of the issues. As the Shelter Conference speakers identified some of the problems that have resulted from mixed housing regeneration in other places we thought this would be a good place to start. We have asked HNSW start off looking at the issues that have been identified elsewhere that will need to be addressed in Redfern Waterloo if such shortcomings are not to be repeated here. This will hopefully focus people on some of the challenges that will need to be addressed. David Lilley is collecting the research evidence relating to the project and is following the debates about social mix within HNSW.
Ross Smith has pulled together some extracts from the Shelter Conference and some other material including some of his Rimfire Review contributions and we have add these to a new section on the REDWatch website called Social Mix - Will it solve the problems? at www.redwatch.org.au/issues/public-housing/redevelopment/mix. If you have other suggestions as to material that should be added then please let me know. Please have try and have a quick look at some of the material prior to the REDWatch meeting so you are aware of some of the issues to be discussed.
We have also had a bit of a reorganisation of the public housing section of the REDWatch site and there is now a tab on the top of the REDWatch website that leads to at www.redwatch.org.au/issues/public-housing. It is not our intention to cover everything to do with public housing but we do want to focus on Redfern & Waterloo and the issues that need to be addressed in our area. If you want all things public housing I suggest you add yourself to Garry Mallards Tenant Support Network email list and watch your email box fill up. Garry can be contacted at TSN@thenexus.org.au.
Given the interest of the RWA in the public housing issue through BEP2 RWA CEO Roy Wakelin-King may also be in attendance. He is also happy to answer any questions about the Redfern Waterloo Branding Project being undertaken by Roll Up Redfern. The REDWatch Co-ord Group have requested a community statement be issued that explains what the Branding is about.
I hope to see you at the meeting at The Factory Community Centre 67 Raglan Street Waterloo at 6pm Thursday 5 August 2010.
Regards,
Geoffrey Turnbull
Spokesperson
REDWatch
]]>These groups consisting of local residents and agencies from across sectors meeting regularly and who formed their own action plan to address community priorities set by local residents. In addition the Local Member and the Lord Mayor held two forums a year each where resident could raise issues directly with Heads of Government Agencies.
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And a two-hour workshop on either:
Leaflet can be found at Connections and Local Facilities - HNSW Masterplan focus for Sept 2011
]]>And a two-hour workshop on either:
Leaflet can be found at Connections and Local Facilities - HNSW Masterplan focus for Sept 2011
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