Associated Organisations
Blackwattle
Cove Coalition
What Are We?
The Blackwattle Cove Coalition (BCC) has been established from the communities
of Glebe, Pyrmont and Ultimo to collaborate on matters of joint interest.
It is our primary intention to work in consultation
with the Wentworth Park Sporting Complex Trust, the City of Sydney and
the various State Government Departments involved in planning the future
of Wentworth Park and the Blackwattle Bay foreshores.
What Are Our Objectives?
For many years much of the Blackwattle Bay hinterland
has been a neglected wasteland dividing Ultimo/Pyrmont and Glebe. The
Blackwattle Cove Coalition aims to pursue rejuvenation of this area and
make it a significant asset to the surrounding communities by improving
public access and community facilities in the Blackwattle Bay/Wentworth
Park precinct. Our priorities are to achieve:
- Development of an integrated planning regime involving
relevant State and local government authorities,
- Community access to the Blackwattle Bay foreshores,
- Integration of the portions of Wentworth Park presently
administered separately by the City of Sydney and the Wentworth Sporting
Park Complex Trust,
- Safe access to Wentworth Park and the development
of community recreation facilities in the park, and
- Sympathetic development of the Bank Street, Blackwattle
Bay foreshores and Fish Market sites
Who Are We?
BCC active members are residents and business people
from Glebe, Pyrmont and Ultimo, drawn from the following organisations.
- The Glebe Society
- Glebe Chamber of Commerce
- Pyrmont Action Inc
- Council of Ultimo/Pyrmont Associations (CUPA)
- Ultimo Village Voice (UVV)
- The Harris Centre
Pyrmont Progress Incorporated (PPI) and Pyrmont Ultimo
Chamber of Commerce have asked that they attend as observers so that communication
is maintained across a broad representation. Membership is not limited
and can include other community groups who share the BCC objectives.
Contact
Convenor: Anne Fraser
Phone: 9660 7560
Email: annefraser01@optusnet.com.au
COGG
- The Coalition of Glebe Groups
Recently
a new group was formed in Glebe to address the need to provide the City
of Sydney Council with agreed advice on priorities for the community.
Known as COGG (Coalition of Glebe Groups), it is made up of representatives
from The Glebe Society Inc., The Glebe Chamber of Commerce Inc., The
Glebe Community Action Group and the Glebe Point Residents Group.
An
initial indicator of its effectiveness is that COGG was able to meet
a sharp deadline in producing an endorsed and concise list of funding
priorities for Glebe in the 2005/2006 financial year. This was presented
to the April Budget Meeting of the City of Sydney Council. Further discussions
with the City Council are scheduled.
Click here
to read Glebe's Priorities
for 2005.
FLAG
- Flying the FLAG for Forest Lodge and Glebe
FLAG
(Forest Lodge and Glebe Coordination Group) is a forum for improving communication
between member groups, business and government agencies in the local community.
It aims to promote the area as a positive place to live and work and supports
local initiatives by gathering skills, knowledge and expertise from all
stakeholders.
FLAG
consists of residents from the local community, along with representatives
from community services, local and state governmemts and local businesses.
Meetings are held bi-monthly.
Current
members are:
City of Sydney
Department of Housing
Glebe Area Tenants Group
Glebe Chamber of Commerce
Glebe Child and Family Interagency
Glebe Community Action Group
Glebe Community Development Project
Glebe Faith Community
Glebe Point Residents Group
Glebe Police
Glebe Younth Service
Neighbourhood Tenant Representatives
The Glebe Society
For
further information contact Ally de Pree-Raghavan, tel. 9660 3943, or
email:
a.de.pree-raghavan@edfac.usyd.edu.au
CityRAGs
(The City of Sydney Combined Resident Action Groups)
CityRAGs is a coalition of resident groups
within the City of Sydney Local Government Area. It's aims are to protect
our heritage and environment and our residential amenity, guide sustainable
urban development and to enhance the social capital of the City of Sydney,
in general, and our neighbourhoods, in particular. We aim to provide
a forum to assist residential groups in the City of Sydney to inform,
share, support and learn from each other.
This can be achieved by being non-politically and non-religiously aligned,
seeking to protect and enhance our residential neighbourhoods and acting
as a link between resident groups in order to achieve a much better
community consultation, in particular to development applications and
traffic issues affecting areas across precinct boundaries.
We seek to avoid "backyard" issues but deal with common interests
only and aim to present a united view on these by learning from each
other by actively sharing information and experience, facilitating regular
and easy consultation through regular, face to face meetings and coordinating
our activities as closely as possible in order to not interfere with
each other's events and meetings
A
set of guidelines for CityRAGs was ratified at the City of Sydney Town
Hall Meeting on 5 July 2005. FFI email:
president@glebesociety.org.au.
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