News archive for the ‘Development’ topic

May 19, 2013

2013 Annual General Meeting

The 2013 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Association is to be held on Tuesday 21 May 2013 at Dewey Common Room, 601 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne (Enter off Union Street). Please arrive at 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start.

At the conclusion of the  official  business of the AGM, Association member, Thomas Shearer will give a  presentation of the changes …

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April 15, 2013

Agenda for April 2013 general meeting

The April General Meeting is to be held at 7.30pm on Tuesday 16th April 2013 in the Dewey Common at the Bastow Institute at 601-603 Queensberry North Melbourne.  The agenda can be viewed here.…

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March 29, 2013

Invitation to the Health and Homelessness Community Forum

A community forum to discuss Health and Homelessness will be held on Wednesday 1st May in The Meeting Room at the North Melbourne Town Hall.  Registration is from 9.30am, the forum is from 10am-12pm with refreshments afterwards.  Adam Bandt, Federal MP for Melbourne, and Jennifer Kanis, State MP for Melbourne will be two of many speakers on the day.  The …

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Series: Ideas for Melbourne: Ending homlessness

Last month, as part of the series “Ideas for Melbourne: Ending homelessness”, Lorraine Siska took notes of a discussion between Alan Attwood (founder and editor of The Big Issue), Heather Holst (manager/spokeperson of Homeground), Suzy Freeman-Green (journalist for The Age) and Spike Chiappalone (advocate for homeless persons on Council to Homeless Persons (CHP)).  The notes can be downloaded from here

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March 4, 2013

NWMA Planning sub-group meeting Guest speaker David Mayes

A quick reminder that, David Mayes, Manager Strategic Planning, City of Melbourne has been invited to talk and to answer questions about Planning Scheme Amendment C207/207 Arden-Macaulay Heritage. This is a very important issue as it is dealing with the Arden-Macaulay Structure Plan area.
Heritage has been very important in the past for the Association and members will see this …

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November 27, 2012

An alternative Arden-Macaulay Structure Plan

The NWMA has prepared a flyer with an alternative Arden-Macaulay Structure Plan.  As residents, we have a very good understanding of what we have and of how growth can be achieved without sacrificing everything that we love about living here.  The plan can be viewed here.…

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November 18, 2012

Agenda for Nov. general meeting

You can grab the agenda for the November meeting here.  The Arden Macaulay Structure Plan amendment C190 will be discussed as it has major implications for our community.…

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Minutes of Planning Meeting – Oct 2nd, 2012.

The minutes from the planning Committee meeting can be are here. The main discussions in the meeting were about the Arden-Macaulay Amendment C190, the City North Amendment C196. Other planning issues also discussed were the Woolworths project in Canning Street and the Baptist Church site.…

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October 12, 2012

Council Elections, Meet the Candidates

The coming Council election is by postal vote only. You should receive two ballots (one for the Lord Mayor and Deputy and one for the election of 9 Councillors) between 9 and 11 October. You’ll need to return ballots by 26 October.

To help you understand who is running for the positions, there are two ‘Meet the Candidates’ meetings forums …

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October 2012 Meeting

The monthly meeting will be held at 7.30pm at the Dewey Common Room, Bastow Institute, 601 Queensberry Street, entry from Union Street. The agenda for the meeting can be viewed here. Also being discussed is the proposed resolution for Street Gardens.

See you there.…

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