Don’t burn it, donate it
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.”
Vicki Harrington | Bendigo Weekly | 04-Oct-2012
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FULL SUPPORT: Jacinta McIvor and the team start the collection. Photo: GARRY PATERSON. More photos at www.bendigophotos.com
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Brassiere, booby holders, flopper stoppers, slingshots, over-the-shoulder-boulder-holders, all otherwise known as – the bra.
In the 1970s women were encouraged to burn them for a cause, these days we prefer to donate them.
Impractical, ill fitting, unbalanced, unromantic or just plain unloved, most women have one or more languishing in a drawer somewhere.
Believe it or not, there is a desperate need for these superfluous items.
Since 2005, an Australian and New Zealand-wide community group known as the Uplift! Project with assistance from Rotary Australia World
Community Service, has sent 480,000 bras to women in third world countries, where a bra is often unobtainable or unaffordable.
The second Bendigo Octobra eventis a joint venture of The Professionals Bendigo, Fernwood Fitness Bendigo and supported by Bendigo Bank,
City of Greater Bendigo, Bendigo Health, St John of God, Southern Cross Media and the Bendigo Weekly. It began on October 1.
Last year the challenge to collect enough bras to circle the Queen Elizabeth Oval’s inner fence was easily achieved with 1365 new and used bras donated by generous local women.
As a result, Fernwood Bendigo donated $2000 to the cause and this year the challenge is much bigger.
Each of the above businesses will again act as a collection point for donations with the 2012 target to collect enough bras to circle 1.2 kilometres around Lake Weeroona.
Fernwood and Professionals promise to donate $1000 each if the target is met.
Event organiser, Jacinta McIvor of Professionals Bendigo said: “Everyone has an old bra they no longer wear.
“For poor women living in third-world countries, a bra can make a huge difference to their lives.
“It enables them to live with more comfort and dignity while deterring infections and disease,” she said.
Donations are accepted through to October 30, with the women of Tonga the recipients of all donated bras this year.
Leave your good condition second-hand or new bras in boxes provided at the businesses mentioned above.
Nursing bras, mastectomy bras and size 18+ are the most needed.
On October 31, staff from the supporting businesses, and anyone who would like to volunteer, will meet at the Boardwalk Cafe to join forces (and bras) in the around-the-lake attempt with the ladies from Dragons Abreast adding to the spectacle by rowing volunteers to various points on the lake circuit.
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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