Merri & Edgars Creeks Parkland Group

Colleen Hartland (Western Metropolitan) delivered a Member Statement in Parliament today.
From http://tex.parliament.vic.gov.au/bin/texhtmlt?form=jVicHansard.dumpall&db=hansard91&dodraft=0&speech=4862&activity=Members+Statements&title=Merri+and+Edgars+Creeks+Parkland+Group&date1=27&date2=July&date3=2010&query=true%0a%09and+(+data+contains+’HARTLAND’+)%0a%09and+(+members+contains+’HARTLAND’+)%0a%09and+(+hdate.hdate_3+=+2010+)%0a%09and+(+hdate.hdate_2+contains+’July’+)%0a
Ms HARTLAND (Western Metropolitan) – I heartily congratulate and acknowledge the fantastic work of the Merri and Edgars Creeks Parkland Group. It is due to its hard and tireless efforts that Justin Madden, the Minister for Planning, has seen the light and given the park [...]

July 27th, 2010 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Simon Craig, Moreland Leader, 05 July 2010
From http://moreland-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/coburg-park-saved-from-development/
THE largest parcel of open space in Moreland is now permanently off-limits to developers.
Victorian Planning Minister Justin Madden last Friday declared the entire Edgars Creek parkland, in Coburg North, crown land.
The announcement follows a long community campaign to keep the 10.7ha site - most of which had been owned [...]

July 5th, 2010 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Hurrah!  The parkland, in entirety, has been gifted to the City of Moreland!
Well done everyone!
This is a fantastic result, which our group has been working relentlessly towards since late 2006, and we are over the moon that this outcome has finally been realised.
We know from various events and petitions and letters of support that the [...]

July 3rd, 2010 | Category: flora & fauna, history, recreation | Comments (1)

A press release from Christine Campbell MP:
“It is with immense pride that I announce that the Edgars Creek parkland has been gifted as public open space by the Brumby Labor Government, as I promised at the last State election,” Christine Campbell, MP, Member for Pascoe Vale announced today.
“The delivery of this public open space to [...]

July 2nd, 2010 | Category: government, media, state government | Leave a comment