Welcome to the NWMA website
The North & West Melbourne Association was founded in 1967 to work towards a better community: ensuring strategic and statutory planning meet local goals, protecting heritage buildings and streetscapes, improving parks, gardens, open spaces and the environment, improving community facilities, taking up social issues and protecting the local area from through commuter and truck traffic.
Members of the Association work on these issues at local and government levels.
The Association holds it’s general meetings on a monthly basis. All are welcome.
Our meetings for 2012 will be held on the third Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm in the Meeting Room, first floor, North Melbourne Library, 66 Errol Street, apart from December, which is on the second.
Dates for 2012 are as follows:
21 February, 20 March, 17 April, 15 May, 19 June, 17 July, 21 August, 18 September, 16 October, 20 November and 11 December.
News
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
The NWMA have several documents of interest to the local residents regarding to the proposed tree planting in Abbostford Street. These are:
The Abbotsford Street concept plan by the City of Melbourne
Tree Species fact sheet from Urban Forest
A community engagement letter from Ian Shears, Manager Urban Landscapes
Abbotsford Street Landscape Proposal feedback form… for you to use
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Thursday, April 19th, 2012
The Association have received the official meeting minutes from Adam Bandt’s office for the East West Link meeting held on the 29th March 2012. Rose Iser chaired the meeting, which was well attended. Attendees are listed in the minutes.
Janet Graham from the NWMA was at the meeting and presented her minutes to the Association during the April meeting.…
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
On Friday November 4, Association Chair, Kevin Chamberlin, and Bill Cook met with influential members of the Planning Minister, Matthew Guy’s staff. They were Daniel Parsons, Ministerial Advisor and Adrian Salmon, Assistant Director, Statutory Approvals, Department of Planning and Community Development. The meeting covered issues that the Association has experienced in recent times about the operation of the planning scheme. …
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VEC Review of City of Melbourne Wards and Councillor numbers
Friday, October 21st, 2011
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Update on Proposed Woolworth’s Development
Friday, October 21st, 2011
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NWMA submission on Structure Plans to City of Melbourne.
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
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Woolworths development proposal – Canning St, Vaughan Terrace, Macaulay Road
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
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Structure Plan Briefings at June monthly meeting.
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
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Win on Council Reform
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
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December Monthly Meeting cancelled
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
