Surf Coast Times August 9

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Surf Coast Times

Tuesday 9 August 2011

VOL 9. No 32

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The Vintage Fashion Show at Anglesea Memorial Hall was a hit on Saturday night. From left, Lucy Sapwell, Erin Ryan, Jazz Nash and Heidi Wane were among the retro-inspired models who took to the catwalk for the event, which was organised as part of the Anglesea sustainability program Make an Impact.

3217 BY ELEANOR WOODS

SOME residents of Mount Duneed, Connewarre, Grovedale and Marshall could likely be calling their hometown ‘Charlemont’, after the City of Greater Geelong unveils proposed boundaries of the new suburb at tonight’s council meeting. Areas of Mount Duneed, Connewarre and some of Surfcoast Highway and Barwon Heads Road are included in the boundary realignment, which has been designed in response to projected growth in the Armstrong Creek Urban Growth Plan. Charlemont would run from Surfcoast Highway north along the railway line, east along Reserve Road, north west along Barwon Heads Road, then north along the Geelong-Warrnambool rail line to Waurn Ponds Creek.

The boundary will then continue south along the Barwon River to intersect with the Armstrong Creek boundary alignment. The name ‘Charlemont’ has links to the Irish meaning ‘field of two weirs’ (or dams). This month’s CoGG council meeting agenda confirms there are seven precinct boundaries in the Armstrong Creek Urban Growth Plan which was adopted by council in 2008 and amended in 2010. Once built-out, the Armstrong Creek growth area will be home to 55,000 – 65,000 residents, two employment precincts and a major activity centre. The council report states that in order to achieve the vision for the Armstrong Creek Urban Growth Plan it is necessary to provide Geelong’s growth area with its own unique identity to reflect aspects of the area from a locality point of view.

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City of Greater Geelong will make a decision tonight on a recommendation to exhibit proposed boundary realignments for the new suburbs of Armstrong Creek and Charlemont.

Australia Post has reviewed the boundary alignment changes and will allocate reviewed postcodes to affected areas. The two new suburb localities, Armstrong Creek and Charlemont, will share the postcode of 3217. It was decided that the postcode 3217, which currently belongs to Deakin University in Waurn Ponds, would be relinquished and that 3217 will be assigned to the new localities. The postcode 3217 will be allocated to residents in Mount Duneed (currently 3216), Armstrong Creek (new suburb) and Charlemont (new suburb). If council votes according to the report recommendations, a consultation period will begin. This will include a submission process and two public information sessions for affected residents. Australia Post hopes to introduce the postcode by

September this year. A ‘rule of thumb’ applied by the Department of Sustainability says that the threshold population for any one suburb should be between 8000 and 25,000. These guidelines are framed around a range of issues including limiting the size of suburbs to assist in managing emergency response planning. It is hoped the new suburbs will provide direction for future developers in undertaking their branding and marketing for new development across the Armstrong Creek broader growth area. The council agenda states that this urbanisation will dramatically change the landscape from the now predominately farming/rural land to an urban environment. To view the recommendations visit the council’s website www.geelongaustralia.com.au

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