Category Archives: Meetings

September Update – What’s happening in Alexandria

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Woolies Metro Conversion, Fountain Street, Alexandria – Community Meeting – Wed 13 September, Alexandria Town Hall at 7pm.

ARAG is holding a community meeting with a Q&A on Wednesday, 13 September, 2023, 7pm at the Alexandria Town Hall, Garden Street, Alexandria. At this meeting hear from Justin Nolan, Director of Metro, Woolworths Group & Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore.

The rollout of Woolworths Metro to Fountain Street, Alexandria has gained over 1400 signatures to local resident Andrew Wong’s petition against the conversion, attracted media coverage by 2GB, SMH, Nine News. Local residents have also voiced their concerns over local social media pages with issues ranging from inflated prices, a dominance in the the area already with 3 Metros close by, increased use of products with plastic packaging. The proposed loss of a fully stocked supermarket within a walking distance area is forcing many to drive on already congested roads in search of cheaper prices.

ARAG is holding a special community meeting to hear from Justin Nolan, Director of Metro, Woolworths Group & Lord Mayor Clover Moore, City of Sydney.

Be part of a grassroots community for a real community consultation with Woolworths. Hear what their plans are and be there to ask face to face questions & raise any concerns you have.

FB event page: More details on the event & RSVP, click here
Petition: https://www.change.org/p/don-t-downgrade-woolworths-alexandria-to-a-metro

Media Coverage links:
2GB Interview with Vanessa Knight, AGAG
Click below for the news articles: 2GB, Sydney Morning Hearld, Nine News, Channel 7, 9news.com.au

Alexandria and Erskineville Traffic and Transport Study Community Forum

A public meeting is been held by Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore to discuss the outcomes of the Community Consultation about the City of Sydney’s Erskineville and Alexandria Traffic and Transport Study (“the study”) which closed on 30 June 2023.

City staff will present the results of their community consultation about the Study. There will be time to ask questions and provide further feedback.

When: Thursday, 21 September, 2023, 6pm-7pm
Where: Alexandria Town Hall, 73 Garden Street, Alexandria

City of Sydney Community Engagement Summary Report can be downloaded here:

For more details about the Traffic Study click here

Build A Bridge – North and South Eveleigh connection Campaign

Help our neighbours Friends of Erskineville, REDWatch along with ARAG in a joint campaign for an active transport bridge across the train tracks at Eveleigh.

Locally, we’re campaigning for an active transport bridge across the train tracks at Eveleigh to connect Waterloo Metro, Alexandria & South Eveleigh one one side to Carriageworks, North Eveleigh, Darlington & Sydney University.

With already 1200 signatures, help continue the momentum by signing the petition to Jo Haylen, Minister of Transport.

Build A Bridge petition Click here

August Meeting – Reducing Your Footprint

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Join us for our ARAG community meeting this Wednesday, 8 August 2023, at 7pm at Alexandria Town Hall, 73 Garden Street, Alexandria.

This meeting is the first in a series called “Reducing Your Footprint‘.

With the tv series ‘War On Waste‘ currently back on ABC this is good timing to explore how we as a community can make a difference. Come and hear our guest speakers on

  • The ‘Buy Nothing Project‘ representing Alexandria/Rosebery/Beaconsfield area
  • Using Social Media to recycle and reduce landfill.

We also have our Annual General Meeting which we will keep short.

New Committee members are welcome to nominate and join the fun.

Be informed & Take Action.

ARAG’s Annual General Meeting – Wed 14 Dec 2022

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Join us for our end of year Community meeting of 2022 at 7pm the Alexandria Town Hall.

AGENDA

  • Annual General Meeting
  • Hear about work on Community Centres in the City of Sydney
  • Planning for a State Election Candidate Forum in 2023
  • Join us for a drink at the Alexandria Hotel to celebrate the festive season afterwards

When: Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
Time: 7pm
Where: Alexandria Town Hall
72 Garden Street, Alexandria

October Meeting – we’re back!

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It’s been a while since we held a meeting (thanks Covid!). We are holding our next meeting at the Alexandria Town Hall on Wednesday 12th October at 7pm.

Come along and get updates on major projects in our neighbourhood, including

  • Waterloo Public Housing & Metro
  • Sydney Park development
  • Central to Eveleigh development
  • Kurrajong Hotel development
  • Redfern Station upgrade

Have your say about what matters most to you, and meet people from your local community.

Two community meetings: New Cycleways; Explorer Street Redevelopment.

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Residents may be interested to (virtually) attend either or both of two meetings next week.

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On Tuesday 8 December, from 6pm to 7pm, Jenny Leong, Member of Newtown, will be holding a virtual meeting to discuss a proposed redevelopment of public land at Explorer Street, South Eveleigh (between Henderson Road and the railway).

For more information, or to register, visit: https://www.jennyleong.org/sth_eveleigh_housing_redevelopment

cyclewaysOn Wednesday 9 December, Lord Mayor Clover Moore is holding a virtual meeting about proposed cycleways in Alexandria and Erskineville.

For more information, or to register, visit: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/alexandria-and-erskineville-cycling-connections-community-online-event-tickets-130751720917

Opportunity to submit questions on A2MP & the Traffic Study

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Those of you who attended the ARAG meeting on Wednesday 13 May know that unfortunately the meeting was cut short and we were unable to complete the Question and Answer session with the Council staff who attended on the:

  • Alexandria to Moore Park Roadworks
  • Planned changes following the Traffic Study conducted by the Council to manage the impacts of WestCONnex on our streets.

The presentation by the Council can be found here and we invite you to submit questions to ARAG via the info@arag.org.au mailbox which we will pass on to the Council.

Answers will be published on our website as soon as we receive them.

If any of your neighbours were unable to make the meeting, please encourage them to participate and ask any questions

Virtual meeting this month.

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We trust you and yours are safe and well.
Given the circumstances, this month’s ARAG meeting will be virtual.
The topic of the meeting will be how we as a community can support each other during this lockdown period.
The meeting will start at the usual time of 7:00pm, this coming Wednesday the 8 April.

During the meeting, please use the spacebar to unmute yourself when you’re ready to talk.

Meeting details have been sent to those on our mailing list. If you are a resident and wish to be added to the mailing list please send an email to AlexandriaResidentsActionGroup-subscribe [ @ ] yahoogroups.com.au. (You don’t need to join YahooGroups, but you do need to be on the mailing list)

Full slidepack is attached: ARAG_Meeting-20200408

Links shared in the meeting: Library services, Venues, Council meetings online,  other online services and small business grants.

Hope to see you all safe next month.

No meeting this month

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There won’t be an ARAG meeting this month.

Depending on what happens with Coronavirus, we may not be able to have a face to face meeting next month either.

We’ll keep you advised.

PS. I’ve been asked if we cancelled because of Coronavirus, and the answer is no. We’d already decided to cancel for other reasons.