So Far… you’ll remember we were looking for particular places http://ballarateast.online/imagine-update/ We have the following info coming in from the community about sites the City of Ballarat are trying to locate for the Imagine Ballarat East Project. Thanks to everyone who contributed both here at BE Net and at our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ballarateast.net/ Ballarat East Train Station […]
Maya Dougherty, Strategic Planner at the City of Ballarat, who is facilitating the Imagine Ballarat East project has been working hard to synthesise the comments, feedback and issues being raised by the Ballarat East Community. Go Easties! She is trying to locate the following sites that have been mentioned in the survey: Ballarat East Train […]
As part of the Imagine Ballarat East consultation with the community, a request went out for community members to take a tour of ‘their’ Ballarat East. I took up the offer, and here are some places I visited. You can take the folks on a tour too by contacting the Deakin researchers kristal.buckley@deakin.edu.au Kicked off the […]
We put our questions to council officers about the City of Ballarat Exceptional Tree Register. Thanks to David Grant, Vegetation Planning and Management Officer who showed up and gave us these answers… Hello BE Net, The project (Exceptional Tree Register) is one of my main tasks currently along with the urban forest strategy work. We have […]
We have just added the following icons of Ballarat East to the Time Capsule of Ballarat. What else is needed to be added? Check it out here: http://timecapsuleballarat.com and add your own places and photos and memories. Ballarat East Town Hall (historic) Ballarat East Town Hall Gardens – under threat The Tammy Fence Arthur Kenny Avenue of […]
If you would like more information on the Imagine Ballarat East project, please go to www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/ImagineBallaratEast. Deakin University is working with the City of Ballarat to understand the wants and needs of the people in Ballarat East. The research is a follow up to the Ballarat Imagine survey that was undertaken in 2013 and which informed […]
Do you wonder what ever happened to the Exceptional Tree Register? http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/sh/trees-and-native-vegetation/exceptional-tree-register.aspx Great idea that got started, however its been closed since June 2014. We have a request into council to get some info on the register, when it will be open again, what trees are on it, how the public responded to it initially […]
Our long awaited Strategic Planning for the East has begun. Late last year a group of reps of the East, including BE Net discussed the boundaries of Ballarat East to kick start the process of gathering feedback about what is important to the East. While the East has been giving feedback informally for many years, […]
BE Net response to Ballarat Strategy Prepared by Erin McCuskey With Focus on Ballarat East Introduction: There are some really fabulous elements to the strategy, and the desire for a 10min city; accessible city; green city. We applaud the work being done to support and enhance our natural environments and linkages to the city, and […]
Our city and our suburb, needs your help: Read it Comment on it Feedback invited on concepts for Ballarat’s long-term future The Preliminary Ballarat Strategy has been released for public comment. This report outlines for the first time the key concepts proposed to underpin land use decision-making in Ballarat over the next 30 years. It […]