While the WVCC supports development (eg Ivy, the proposal for the Alexander and Albemarle buildings) and welcomes the activity more people in Woden brings, this development is not appropriate for the site. The size and density is too much for Woden and it overshadows residents in Lyons. There is no need for 4 residential blocks (798 apartments) on 1.1 hectare (one of them is a 24 storey tower from Launceston
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Both the Woden Valley Community Council and the Weston Creek Community Council have written to the AEC objecting to the Federal boundaries. The Woden Town Centre is the social and economic hub for Woden, Weston Creek and Molonglo and under the proposed distribution, not only will the Woden community be split, the Town Centre will be separated from the majority of the community is services.
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The WVCC has undertaken the Melrose Drive mural as a community building exercise, to provide great art that can be enjoyed and valued by the community.
The design includes features of Woden and faces of residents that have contributed to the well being of our community. The mural is also designed to encourage discussion in the community and with the Woden Valley Community Council.
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We are supporting the inaugural ACT Regional Scooter Titles at the Woden skate park on 3 March 2018. Flyer below and attached. The event is being organised by the Australasian Scooter Association (ASA), a not for profit entity, and we are hoping to make this an annual event for all children in the region.
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Do you want the Woden Town Centre to thrive so we can go there for social and recreational activity? We want densification,but we want densification done well. We need an imaginative plan to bring the Town Centre’s amenity to a point where people want to be there. We have lost the CIT, the basketball stadium and we are at risk of losing the pool and the ice skating rink. We
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In December 2017 the Standing Committee on Planning and Urban Renewal released its Report into the Draft Variation to the Territory Plan No 344 – Woden Town Centre. The report provided 31 recommendations covering a wide range of issues
Read more ... →In July 2017 the ACT Government released DV344 and referred it to the Legislative Assembly Standing Committee on Planning and Urban Renewal for Inquiry.
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