Mount Evelyn
Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
Residents have their say on cost of living
Yarra Ranges business shows national strength
100 years young for Eleanor Fitzsimmons
EFNL brings back silent Sundays
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Safety play For the second year, Croydon Junior Football Club (CJFC) are putting a major spotlight on the TAC Road Safety round being held on Sunday 23 July. Each captain will don a jumper with a zero on the back to represent a zero road death toll. These jumpers were handed over to players on Thursday 13 July, with the captains getting to meet with some of their local emergency services. CJFC hope to make a full day of the event, with lots of community support and the attendance of a number of emergency services. To read more, turn to page 32
Victoria Police Inspector Dean Grande with Croydon Under 13s player Matthew handing over his zero jumper ahead of 23 July. 346014 Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS
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Setting on the path of establishing a community garden was also about providing a communal hub and growing space for various groups of people to learn and teach. “We want to learn from different cultures about different ways of growing vegetables... There’s a lot of retirees, we’d love them to come down and have a chat [because they’re] a whole group of food growing people who have all the knowledge in their heads,” Ms Vander-Hayden told Star Mail in January. Aside from the food growing and social
benefits, secretary Steve Costello said in January, community gardens provide a different open space within the confines of urban living. “[With] all of these places going up, essentially with no yards, no green space, communal gardens, whether they be parks, playgrounds, or communal growing spaces are just going to be more and more important,” he said. The full story, with features of the design, can be found on page 8
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In little over a year since forming, the Mooroolbark Community Garden Group have jumped leaps and bounds to establish useable garden space. On 10 July, Yarra Ranges Council announced that the group would be receiving temporary lease of the gravel car park located on the corner of Charles and Station Streets in Mooroolbark. With final plans released for the design,
the project should start construction in late July, with it to be completed and open for use in September. MCG president Helen Vander-Hayden said gaining the support of the council in just sixmonths since incorporating, has been an incredible acknowledgement of what the group is trying to do. “It validated everything that the committee was trying to do that, yes, we were on the right path and we were doing a good thing,” she said.
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