Laurens St Art hoardings
The splendid art hoardings in Laurens Street, North Melbourne illustrate the history of the Arden Metro station precinct from pre colonial times to the present. Funded by the Melbourne Metro Creative Art program, they are the result of lobbying by the NWMA to have the history of the site recognized. Detailed copies of the panels, together with sources for historical references, can be found here.
Presentation by Peter Gerrand: 4 Big Projects
In the Februrary 18th 2020 General Meeting, Peter Gerrand presented an overview of the four major projects that will impact our community.
Report on 1st Nov. 2019 Meeting of Rail Projects Victoria’s Community Reference Group (CRG) for the Arden & Parkville Precincts
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West Gate Tunnel Community Liaison Group (North) meeting
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NWMA’s leaflet on the East West Link EWL
NWMA has formulated a leaflet for distribution to the North and West Melbourne community at the annual Spring Fling. [gview file="https://nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/EWL-brochure-p1final.pdf" save="1"] [gview file="https://nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/EWL-brochure-p2final.pdf" save="1"]
East West Link minutes
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.
Update on Proposed Woolworth’s Development
The local resident's group RAID, Residents about Integrated Development, have organised two major meetings in their campaign to modify the proposed development for site at 101 - 117 Canning Street, North Melbourne. [mappress mapid="2"width="100%" adaptive="true"] The following link gives a brief report on these meetings and outlines the eight major questions the group wished to ask the Woolworth's representatives at the meeting: Woolworth's update20oct11 The Group has produced a poster which highlights what is and is not acceptable as development in our local area. The Association is supportive of the principles underlying this approach to planning: FINAL_RAID Poster
Agenda for June 2011 general meeting: Structure Plan briefing.
The Association has arranged for David Mayes and the Strategic Planning Team from the City of Melbourne to brief members and other interested residents on the contents of the two structure plans that affect our area. These are the City North Structure Plan and the Arden Macaulay Structure Plan. The meeting will be held at the Library at 7.30pm on June 21 with general business until 8.00pm when we can move into the larger upstairs library space for the briefing on the Structure Plans. There have been a number of briefings already held but the Association believes that the implications of
Meet the Candidates.
A very successful event was held in the Supper Room of the North Melbounrne Town Hall on Tuesday night. All seven candidates were in attendance and most questions were responded to by all. The attendance was around 150, which was anticipated by the Association which negotiated the larger space than the upstairs meeting room. We had the usual interjectors but there were some outstanding questions from a broad ranging audience, including many from Kensington.
Aug. and Sept. 2010 general meetings
We confirm the earlier advice that the August monthly meeting on Tuesday, the 17th at 7.30pm, in the library, will host a Meet the Candidates for the Federal election for the seat of Melbourne. Most of the candidates have accepted the invitation. Members are encouraged to bring neighbours and friends. The minutes for the July Meeting will not be circulated until the September Meeting. The September meeting will also host Kate Greer from Climate Communities, Sustainability Victoria, as a speaker, to follow up on initiatives in the inner area of Melbourne and on the issues raised in the vertical gardens proposal,