Raw talent
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.”
| Bendigo Weekly | 21-Apr-2011 12.02
Judging from the packed house and level of energy at Dudley House last Friday night, this year’s Raw Arts Awards were a hit.
As I walked in little men were running around in suits all dressed up for the occasion; photographers snapped away furiously, posing young artists in front of their work.
People were crowding around artworks fervently debating their meaning.
Unfortunately I just missed Cr James Reade announcing the winners, but I didn’t miss the excitement – nor the amazing array of art in the space.
Fortunately I did bump straight into local artist Hugh Waller, who turned out to be the Visual Art judge for this year.
He also happened to be standing underneath the winning work, Public Liberty, a lino-cut triptych by 16 year-old Catholic College art student, Morgan McCormick.
I went straight into grill mode with Hugh. Why did it win? What did you like about it? What does it say to you? Was it a big job?
With his usual good-natured humour and grinning broadly, Hugh did his best to answer my barrage of questions.
“Look it just really worked,” he said about Morgan’s three beautiful red-and-black works, mounted high on the walls of Dudley House.
“It was well put together and very dynamic. The layers worked well, and you can really see the potential of the artist.”
For the Visual Art Acquisitive Award – Morgan’s winning piece will be bought by Bendigo Council on top of her $1000 cash scholarship prize – Hugh had to select the winning entry.
He also selected the Highly Commended runner-up, Stephanie Rigney for Dreaming of a Blue Dress, who won $250.
He chose from what was a highly competitive selection of 53 works. It was a big show by anyone’s standards, filled with visual art of all description – paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography. Not an easy task.
Raw Arts has run since 1997, and presented by the City of Greater Bendigo via their Yo Bendigo youth website. Entrants ranged from 9 to 25.
Prizes were also presented for Performing Arts (winner James Earl, Music); Literature (winner Emily Tatti for her story “In The Heat”) and Digital Media (Tobias Mambwe for Building All Is Love).
I managed to find Morgan who was in the midst of being congratulated by all and sundry, just after accepting her award. She was flabbergasted.
“What was your reaction when you won?”, I asked.
“No words came out – I was just shocked!” she laughed, still gob-smacked, and coming off the end of a long, sustained blush.
“This is the first real art competition I’ve entered – and I won it!”
Drawing since she was little, Morgan learned the linocut technique – a handmade printmaking technique, rarer in these days of digital image-making – at Catholic College. Looking at her dystopian triptych, I immediately thought it was a response to 9/11.
“No, it’s meant to represent the man-made world,” she explained.
“We had an art project – to create a piece of work that represented either the natural world or man-made.” The idea to represent the latter “just clicked straight away”, she said. Clearly it was a winner.
Morgan has great plans for her prize money. “I’m going to buy a caravan with it so I can put it in our backyard and have it as a studio. That way I won’t have to clean it up after I make something!”
A readymade studio. Perfect for a young artist about to come into her own.
‘A Best of Raw’ display is scheduled for
early May at Shop 7, Allans Walk, community exhibition space.
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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