Asher turns on the heat
BENDIGO’S residential Strategy will be reviewed because of greater than expected growth.
The State Government has announced a grant of $50,000 to carry out the review.
The review is needed because, according to the State Government, 40 per cent of the forecast growth between 2006 and 2031 had already been realised.
Regional Development Parliamentary Secretary Damian Drum made the announcement this morning.
Mr Drum said the Bendigo Residential Strategy Review would deliver greater community and investor certainty, helping the region grow.
“The Bendigo Residential Development Strategy was adopted in 2004 and is currently being audited because of the faster than anticipated growth that has occurred in Bendigo in recent years,” he said.
“Strong residential growth has many flow-on economic benefits and having a clear framework for future development will position Greater Bendigo City Council to undertake more detailed, place-based planning in the future.”
Deputy Premier Peter Ryan said about 40 per cent of the forecast growth between 2006 and 2031 had already been realised.
The Residential Strategy impacts directly on where and how property developments use “infill” parcels of land, range of housing styles and also on housing affordability.
“This project will review the strategy, assess current and estimated land supply and demand and consider various legislative and policy changes,” Mr Ryan said,
“It will also consider the latest demographic data and establish a new strategic framework to guide the long-term residential growth of Greater Bendigo.
“The project will result in a revised residential strategy that will give developers, the community and service providers greater surety and confidence about where land can be developed for residential purposes, and that sufficient land is available to accommodate the City of Greater Bendigo’s future growth.”
Mr Ryan said a contemporary strategic planning framework was essential to the economic development of a large regional centre like Bendigo.
“Clearly identifying future growth options and supporting infrastructure needs will enable the Greater Bendigo City Council and other infrastructure providers to plan their capital works programs well in advance,” he said.
“Identifying long-term growth areas will enable the council and other service authorities to start planning for the delivery of services, thereby minimising the lag time between when residential development occurs and when the services need to be in place.”
Steve Kendall | Bendigo Weekly | 13-Oct-2011 9.30am
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Steve's head was in the clouds after a brush with his favourite TV star.
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IT doesn’t happen often, but I was star-struck on Sunday.
I have openly ridiculed the fascination some people have with stars of AFL, fawning around them as if they were gods rather than sportsmen, but I think I can understand the feeling now.
There I was tucking into my Sunday treat of breakfast eggs in a Kyneton cafe and the long-suffering Mrs Kendall uttered the amazing sentence: “I think Asher Keddie is behind you.”
My heart leapt a beat, as I cautiously turned. Then I heard the voice, it was Asher all right. There in all her blonde loveliness. A vision in a beautiful green outfit.
Slighter than I imagined, but more stunning in real life.
I had that remarkable feeling of butterflies, went hot and had a rush to the head. I was also speechless, a rare thing nowadays let me tell you.
I was on safe ground here, Mrs K knows I have a thing about Miss Keddie.
She allowed me to look without a thump to pull me back in line.
It seems I had been sitting near to the Asher goddess for a while, but Mrs K had not mentioned it.
Probably a good thing, knowledge of close proximity for too long could have been detrimental to my health.
It was the briefest of passings, I did not utter a word to her, but it was magic.
Asher left in a swish of long blonde hair, and my heart retuned to a near-normal beat.
Mrs K was wildly amused as I drove off oblivious to where I was going, in a part daze.
“Quite made your day,” she said, as I missed another turning.
When I was able to think about it calmly, I was quite interested in the impact.
Here was a woman who I had watched for hours in Love My Way, Offspring and Paper Giants but had no idea who she was as a person.
How can I be that impressed?
Last time I suffered that feeling over an unknown was when I was 16.
Many moons ago.
I was clutching an LP record and in line to meet my musical hero of the day, Kate Bush.
To my eternal shame I was mostly speechless as I met Miss Bush.
She started to sign my album cover only to halt as the pen failed.
So, tongue-tied Steve’s only line to Kate was: “The ball’s jammed.”
Kate’s reply was just as stunning. “It’s the lacquer.”
There I was clutching my signed album cursing my lack of ability.
Ever since I have put it down to my tender years, but I reckon if I had been forced into conversation with goddess Asher I would have been stumbling verbally in a similar way.
Thirty-four years on and still nervous around women.
But Asher is in a starzone all of her own.
On Sunday night I went to bed, and I dreamt of Asher. Now, it sounds like a movie plotline but it’s true.
For some reason she was sitting in my mum’s lounge room and someone was interviewing her.
I hunted out my notepad, pushed in and sat down next to her.
I asked if I could have a word.
But she’d just finished an interview and didn’t want to do any more.
Never, mind I was just happy to look... and dream.
BENDIGO’S residential Strategy will be reviewed because of greater than expected growth.
The State Government has announced a grant of $50,000 to carry out the review.
The review is needed because, according to the State Government, 40 per cent of the forecast growth between 2006 and 2031 had already been realised.
Regional Development Parliamentary Secretary Damian Drum made the announcement this morning.
Mr Drum said the Bendigo Residential Strategy Review would deliver greater community and investor certainty, helping the region grow.
“The Bendigo Residential Development Strategy was adopted in 2004 and is currently being audited because of the faster than anticipated growth that has occurred in Bendigo in recent years,” he said.
“Strong residential growth has many flow-on economic benefits and having a clear framework for future development will position Greater Bendigo City Council to undertake more detailed, place-based planning in the future.”
Deputy Premier Peter Ryan said about 40 per cent of the forecast growth between 2006 and 2031 had already been realised.
The Residential Strategy impacts directly on where and how property developments use “infill” parcels of land, range of housing styles and also on housing affordability.
“This project will review the strategy, assess current and estimated land supply and demand and consider various legislative and policy changes,” Mr Ryan said,
“It will also consider the latest demographic data and establish a new strategic framework to guide the long-term residential growth of Greater Bendigo.
“The project will result in a revised residential strategy that will give developers, the community and service providers greater surety and confidence about where land can be developed for residential purposes, and that sufficient land is available to accommodate the City of Greater Bendigo’s future growth.”
Mr Ryan said a contemporary strategic planning framework was essential to the economic development of a large regional centre like Bendigo.
“Clearly identifying future growth options and supporting infrastructure needs will enable the Greater Bendigo City Council and other infrastructure providers to plan their capital works programs well in advance,” he said.
“Identifying long-term growth areas will enable the council and other service authorities to start planning for the delivery of services, thereby minimising the lag time between when residential development occurs and when the services need to be in place.”
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