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realestate 11 June 2013
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New role for town’s empty shop windows INSPIRATION can be gained from many directions. Things, places and people. It seems politicians, mothers, friends, the French artist Henri Matisse and emotions are what most influences the art of pupils from Somerville Rise, Tyabb and Somers primary school and Flinders Christian Community College. Pictures of former prime ministers John Howard and Kevin Rudd sit alongside PM-in-waiting Tony Abbott. Another pretender to the position presently held by Julia Gillard, Bob Katter, is arranged at a lower level where the works are displayed in the window of a vacant shop at 6 High St, Hastings. More pictures are displayed around the corner at the visitor information centre, 8/145 Salmon St. The displays have been arranged by Western Port Chamber of Commerce and Industry as part of its Empty Space, New Place program to “reinvigorate” empty shops. “The purpose of Empty Space, New Place is to find local artisans, cultural projects and community groups to use and maintain empty premises until a commercial tenant comes along, to generate activity and interest in otherwise empty spaces in Hastings,” chamber co-ordinator Sarah McLennan said. Continued Page 5 Faces in a window: Sarah McLennan arranges children’s artwork in a vacant High St shop. Picture: Yanni
Sub ashore in 18 months By Mike Hast THE Otama submarine will be brought ashore within 18 months, says Western Port Oberon Association. At the launch of the Victorian Maritime Centre Project in Hastings on Friday, project development team chairman Jim Schaefer said the submarine would be the centrepiece of the centre. It will be next to the southern end
of the Western Port Marina seawall in Hastings on reclaimed land. Next to the sub on the seaward side will be the maritime centre building and memorial walls. There will be a parking area for 120 cars nearby. The association was given in-principle approval to use the site earlier this year by state Environment Minister Ryan Smith (“State ‘yes’ to sub”, The
News, 19/3/13). Mr Smith granted consent under the Coastal Management Act 1995 “to use the seabed of Western Port as the location of the proposed Victorian Maritime Centre Hastings”. “Please be advised that as the proposed use necessitates the development of the site, including land reclamation and construction of facilities, a separate application to develop the site
under the Act will be required before development can proceed.” In the application that went to Mr Smith last year, the association asked for approval to reclaim about one hectare (about 2.5 acres). Mr Schaefer said the next step was to raise $200,000 for studies of the marine environment and mangrove area to accompany a planning application.
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After permits had been granted, $1.5 million would be needed for dredging and bringing the sub ashore. The maritime centre and other works would cost $4.5 to $5 million, he said. “The submarine will be out of the water in 18 months and it will take four or five years to build the maritime centre,” he said.
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