Quilt needs a home
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.”
Anthony Radford | Bendigo Weekly | 25-Aug-2011 4.06
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NAME GAME: The historic quilt needs a permanent home.
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It has been restored and preserved behind perspex, but a quilt that gathers within its folds a rich array of Bendigo history cannot find a home.
“We’ve asked everyone we can think of,” Judy Woodlock of Strathdale Quilters said.
“Right now, one of our members has it stashed away in her bungalow, which is difficult. It needs a home.”
The quilt is only one of two Australian signature quilts which date from before 1900.
The Bendigo quilt probably predates the other one, made for the Lancefield Presbyterian Church in 1896.
Research led by historian Robyn Ballinger and carried out by a group of women from the Strathdale Quilters and the Bendigo Regional Genealogical Society has indicated the quilt was made for the Golden City Fancy Fair in 1895, as a fund-raiser for the Sisters of Mercy Convent school.
This Sunday, the quilt will make a rare public appearance, at the Capital Theatre, from 10am to 4pm. The Heritage Signature Quilt committee hopes Bendigo people may be able to supply information about the names which appear on the quilt.
Some of the names are of prominent people,å such as the man who would become Victoria’s first premier post-federation, AJ Peacock, and the mayor of Bendigo, DB Lazarus.
Other names, such as Freda, Jennie, Maudie and Myrtle, were perhaps the women who made the quilt.
Mrs Woodlock has researched some of the names through digitalised records of wills kept by the Public Records Office. She said they hope to do more research and eventually to put it on permanent display.
“The art gallery says they don’t have room, and the library doesn’t want it,” Mrs Woodlock said.
“Our only option is the plaza and museum that were planned for the front of the Cathedral, but we don’t know if it’s going to go ahead.”
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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