RWA Email Update – 29 August 2011
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Shop Front
Improvement Program
Eveleigh Market
Wins Delicious Award
Underbelly
Transforms The Block
Modification
to the use of Track 8 and Track 12 within the Carriage Workshops, North
Eveleigh
New standby
generator and building works to the Transport Management Centre, ATP
NEWS
Redfern Gets a
Warm Welcome
Redfern commuters were given a warm welcome
at Redfern Train Station on Tuesday, 9 August 2011 as part of a campaign to
promote Redfern as a vibrant destination for both business and recreation.
Reggie the Rabbit, the South Sydney
Rabbitohs mascot, was there along with Redfern ambassadors to hand out Redfern
goodie bags to promote the Redfern brand which contained native Aboriginal
treats freshly prepared by Yaama Dhiyaan, a Redfern sticker, an Urban Walkabout
Guide to Redfern-Waterloo, Eveleigh Market information and more. Redfern
merchandise was also on sale.
Redfern cafes around Redfern and Regent
Street threw their support behind the initiative with take away coffee being
served in Redfern-branded coffee cups.
The Redfern brand has been created to
promote Redfern and the surrounding suburbs of Waterloo, Darlington and
Eveleigh as a thriving place for both business and recreation. The Redfern
brand is an initiative of the Roll Up Redfern Group comprising the
Redfern-Waterloo Authority, City of Sydney, South Sydney Rabbitohs, South
Sydney Business Chamber and the community group REDWatch.
Don’t forget to stay up to date with what’s
happening in Redfern at www.facebook.com/redfernwaterloo or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/redfern
Shop Front
Improvement Program
Redfern businesses are letting the world
know that Redfern is open for business through the Shop Improvement Matching
Grant Program. Redfern Cellars and Labels on Sale are the latest businesses to
receive a grant to remove their roller shutters through the program that
provides matched cash funding of up to $3,000 from the City of Sydney, with
additional financial support from the Redfern-Waterloo Authority for the early
adopters of this program.
The Shop Improvement Matching Grant Program
provides an incentive to building owners or tenants to make improvements to a
Redfern shopfront. The program aims to create renewed interest and vibrancy
along Redfern and Regent Streets, Redfern and Abercrombie Street, Darlington.
Through this program, the City of Sydney has partnered with the Roll Up Redfern
Group comprising Redfern-Waterloo Authority, the South Sydney Business Chamber,
South Sydney Rabbitohs and REDWatch.
Labels on Sale is a significant building
situated on the corner of Regent and Redfern St, thus forming a gateway to
Redfern. This corner is viewed daily by up to 40,000 passing vehicles so the
removal of the shutters will promote a sense of vibrancy and business activity
that reflects the improvements happening in the area.
For more information or to apply for a grant
please visit: http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Business/CityEconomy/RedfernShopfront.asp
Master
Planning Expo
Housing NSW held a Planning Expo at REDWater
Markets at Redfern Park on Saturday, 20 August 2011 from 10am-3pm for the BEP 2
Preliminary Master Planning Project. The Expo included fun activities to
encourage everyone to imagine how a Master Plan for the area could contribute
to a better place to live. There was a free sausage sizzle and a loop bus
service around Redfern and Waterloo to take residents to Redfern Park and back
home.
The Sydney Metropolitan Development
Authority (SMDA) was also be there to meet with the local community to explain
more about the role of the SMDA and the planning process for Redfern-Waterloo
including:
the history of the Built Environment Plan
Stage 1 through to the exhibition of the Urban Renewal Study and Strategy; and
a map outlining the study area of the
Redfern-Waterloo Urban Renewal Strategy that indicates that the sites
identified through the draft Built Environment Plan Stage 2 are included in
this area.
The event was a good way for the community
to learn more about planning in Redfern-Waterloo and to provide feedback on
community consultation. Turn out to this community engagement event was good
with the public very interested to find out more about the Built Environment
Plan Stage 2 and the role the SMDA will play in future urban renewal of the
Redfern-Waterloo area.
Redfern RSL
Works Continue
The development at the former Redfern RSL
continues as the new building starts to take full shape. The mixed-use
development of 18 storeys is progressing well, particularly after the heavy
rains that were experienced earlier in the year.
157 Redfern St – ‘Deicota’ – As part
of this development, the Deicota site will be busy over the next few months
with the building fit out to commence in November, 2011. Deicota will consist
of 88 apartments, 800sqm of retail space, 1,500sqm of club space and 1,600sqm
of commercial space. Work to the new RSL Club itself has commenced with glazing
and fit out to start in October 2011. This project is expected to be complete
in May 2012.
7-9
Gibbons – ‘URBA’ – Demolition
work at 7-9 Gibbons St including the car park is scheduled to commence in
November 2011. The development of the site includes 135 apartments, 400sqm
ground floor retail, 1,200sqm first floor retail, and 700sqm second floor
commercial space.
Eveleigh Market Wins Delicious Award
Eveleigh Farmers’ Market has won the national award for Most Outstanding
Farmers’ Market at the Delicious Produce Awards held on 25 July 2011 in
recognition of its fresh, locally sourced and high-quality produce.
Eveleigh Farmers’ Market won the national award for bringing seasonal
produce straight from the farm to the inner city. Eveleigh Market has a strict
charter with the producers committed to growing, raising and making their own
produce for the community to enjoy.
Food critic Simon Thomsen sums up Eveleigh Market perfectly: “It has a
strong sense of community, fine produce direct from the people who grow it,
chefs such as Alex Herbert and Kylie Kwong regularly cooking breakfasts and a
family atmosphere.”
The Delicious Produce Awards, now in its sixth year, was held at
Guillaume at Bennelong, Sydney to showcase and reward Australia’s top producers
in categories including From the Earth, From the Dairy, From the Paddock, From
the Sea and Artisan. The judging panel included some of Australia’s leading
chefs including Matt Moran, Phillip Johnson, Cheong Liew, Alla Wolf-Tasker and
Maggie Beer.
Souths Push For the Finals
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are making a strong run toward the
Premiership in the NRL. All of Redfern and Waterloo, as well as the many other
Souths fans, are wishing their home team well in the final rounds of the
competition.
Irrespective of the outcomes of the upcoming games, it has been exciting
to see the Rabbitohs playing with such commitment and enthusiasm, and the
thoughts and wishes of the Redfern-Waterloo community are with the team as they
strive toward the finals.
NCIE Update
More than 30 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from across
the country stayed at the National Centre for Indigenous Excellence (NCIE) last
week for a NAISDA Dance College Dance Camp. NAISDA is a Pathway Partner of the
NCIE and runs accredited courses in Indigenous Dance.
The intensive week-long dance camp saw the group performing for family
and friends, NCIE staff and the South African International AFL team who were
also staying at the NCIE.
Since opening in February 2010, the NCIE has grown to become a meeting place
for the local Redfern community as well as visitors from across the country.
Located on the site of the old Redfern Primary School in George Street, the
NCIE offers a Sports, Arts and Recreation Centre, Campus and Corporate
Conferencing Centre.
The NCIE will be running special events in the lead up to Father’s Day
as well as their usual program of sports competitions including Men’s Futsal,
Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball, Mixed Basketball and Mixed Touch
Football. A new season is starting soon so visit the NCIE website for more
information at www.ncie.org.au
Call for Heritage Volunteers
Australian Technology Park Sydney Limited is inviting applications from
people with a passionate interest in Australia’s industrial past to join a
committed team of part-time heritage volunteers at ATP.
ATP was once the site of Australia’s largest workforce for the
manufacture of steam locomotives with much of the machinery still on site. ATP
is looking for interested volunteers to submit expressions of interest for:
Customer Service Volunteers
§ To assist visitors to the ATP with wayfinding and interpretation
of ATP’s rich heritage and lead small group tours from time to time as
required.
§ Cataloguing of heritage assets
Conservation Volunteers
§ To work on heritage equipment, machinery and other assets. This
will involve working with light hand tools, paint brushes etc
§ Cataloguing of heritage assets
For an information pack with further details, please contact Gary Love,
ATPSL’s Project Manager Sustainability & Volunteering on 9209 4426 or email
g.love@atp.com.au
Underbelly Transforms The Block
You may have noticed something familiar on the
new television series of Underbelly:
Razor with the filming of the series taking place at The Block, Redfern.
The Block was transformed in to a set from the 1920’s with seven
buildings erected on site to mimic Darlinghurst Road and surrounding streets
including period cars and costumes from the era.
The Block was chosen as the ideal location for the shoot because of its
terrace houses and narrow lanes. Local EORA TAFE students were also given the
opportunity to work on set with student Damien Davis joining the film crew for
work experience to help with props and special effects.
Filming finished at The Block in July 2011.
The series is currently being shown on Channel Nine.
DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS
Interpretative and exhibition fit out of Part
of Bays 1 & 2 of the Locomotive Workshop, Australian Technology Park (ATP)
The application for the interpretative and exhibition fit out of part of
Bays 1 & 2 of the Locomotive Workshop at ATP was approved on 27 July 2011.
New wayfinding signage at ATP
The application for the removal of existing wayfinding signage and the
installation of new directional, building and business identification signage
at ATP was approved on 4 August 2011.
Modification to the use of Track 8 and Track
12 within the Carriage Workshops, North Eveleigh
An application was received to amend the conditions of consent for the
use of existing rehearsal rooms (Track 8 and Track 12) within the former
Carriage Workshops at North Eveleigh as public ticketed performance spaces for
small to medium sized arts organisations. The application was on exhibition
from 26 July to 9 August 2011.
New standby generator and building works to
the Transport Management Centre, ATP
A development application was received for the replacement and
installation of a new standby generator and associated works to the eastern
facade of the Transport Management Centre at 25 Garden Street, Eveleigh. The
application was on exhibition from 3 to 17 August 2011.
WHAT’S ON
1 September – REDWatch Meeting
– Join Housing NSW at the
next REDWatch meeting to hear more about the Housing NSW Master Planning
Process and how this will affect public and private residents. From 6pm at The
Factory Community Centre, 76 Raglan St, Waterloo. Contact Geoff Turnbull on
9318 0824 or email mail@redwatch.org.au
for more information.
9 September – Waterloo Housing
Forum – City of Sydney
invites Waterloo Housing NSW tenants to speak with Lord Mayor Clover Moore,
Councillors, City of Sydney Staff, Housing NSW and representatives from the
Local Area Police Command. From 10.30am-12pm at The Factory Community Centre,
76 Raglan St, Waterloo.
15 September – Asian Moon
Festival – Organised by
local volunteer Mabel Chang, join the Asian Moon Festival, now in its sixth
year, for a free, delicious Asian-style lunch. From 4pm-6pm at the Waterloo
Neighbourhood Centre, Shop 5 /95 Wellington St, Waterloo.
17 September – Basketball
Fundraiser – Join a
fundraising night for Jaden Weldon to attend a USA Basketball Development Tour.
The night is set to be an enjoyable evening with socialising, a DJ and finger
food. Tickets are $10. From 7.30pm til late at Railz, 56 Regent St, Redfern.
20 September – Playgroup in
the Park – Local families
with children under 5 years of age can join the fun of Playgroup in the Park
with an animal farm and pony rides, jumping castle, music, clown entertainment,
face painting, a puppet show and more! Bring your own picnic lunch. From
10.30am-1pm at Redfern Park.
Eveleigh Farmers’ Market – every Saturday 8am to 1pm – Stock up on fresh produce straight from the
farm at Eveleigh Farmers’ Market, an undercover, and traditional weekly
Farmers’ Market held in the historic Blacksmith Workshop on Wilson Street in
Darlington. Selling unique produce from fresh fruit and vegetables, meats,
flowers and gourmet treats, Eveleigh Farmers Market is Sydney’s only ‘rain,
hail, shine’ venue with an inspiring heritage backdrop. Eveleigh Farmers’
Market is held every Saturday from 8am to 1pm. For more information, please
visit www.eveleighmarket.com.au
Eveleigh Artisans’ Market –first Sunday of the month, 10am to 3pm – Showcasing the best in Australian
independent design, art and crafts, Eveleigh Artisans’ Market takes place on
the first Sunday of the month from
10am-3pm under the heritage listed Blacksmith Workshop.
Alexandria Community Garden – 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month – Interested in learning how to grow fruit and
vegetables? Join other garden enthusiasts (both novices and experienced) at the
Alexandria Community Garden. Working bees take place on the 1st and
3rd Saturday of each month at Connect Redfern, Park St, Alexandria.
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