Reid News Sheet 16 March 2023

REMINDER: AGM 6 pm 29 March Mercure Hotel, Ainslie: guest speaker Max Bourke AM Please note the following two major Heritage matters below and the third point provides information about the signalisation of the Limestone Ave, Euree Street and Treloar Cres intersection provided by Minister Stephen-Smith. OPTUS TOWER ON REIDRead article …

February 2023 Newsletter

AGM 29 Feb with Guest Speaker Max Bourke AM; Draft Planning Bill & Inner North & City Draft Strategy; advance notice: 80th anniversary of RRA & !00th anniversary of Reid; ‘Good, Bad & Ugly in Reid; Heritage Festival ‘Sharing Stories’; Reid’s National Trust (ACT) award; Reid Park’s need for a good plan; Trees & replanting; Weeders wanted; Neighbour Day; Open House & Garden; Neighbourhood Watch statistics; Churches’ news; Reid Tennis Club recycling balls.

November 2022 Newsletter

ACT Draft Planning Bill pros & cons, links & dates; Age Friendly Suburb program consultation in Geerilong Gardens; parking & traffic issues in Reid; Heritage Grant for Phase 2 Reviving Inner North Pebble Signposts; St John’s Community Fair; Neighbourhood Watch stats; news from Reid churches; Reid Tennis Club Christmas Party; holiday safety hints.

News Sheet November 2022

ACT Planning Bill There has been considerable information in the media etc. on the ACT Planning Bill which will have multiple and major impacts on Canberra, which was, of course, an exceptionally well-planned city. One can only hope that our own national capital, which is in many respects the greatestRead article …

August 2022 Newsletter

Vale John Little, past-President of RRA & stalwart defender of Reid’s heritage and amenity; Reid volunteers needed; Age-friendly suburbs program focuses on Reid; Gang-gang article from Dr Michael Mulvaney; ACT Neighbourhood Watch statistics May–July; Reid churches information.

Newsletter May 22

Notes from AGM guest speakers on UNSW Canberra City Campus and ACT Heritage Advisory Service; street sweeping; The Roaring Twenties in Reid, Vandals; Age-friendly program; news from Reid churches & Tennis Club

February2022 Newsletter

RRA AGM 30 March; ‘The Roaring Twenties in Reid’ Heritage Festival event 10 April; Wanted: volunteers please; weeds in your nature strips; Neighbourhood Watch stats; Reid churches info; Reid Tennis Club Rally4Ever news, summer of social tennis & time to register for competition tennis; Age Friendly Suburbs project 21-25; Preserving our heritage consultations; Neighbour Day 27 March; Limestone Ave Safety E-Petition.

Newsletter November 2021

ARCHITECT’S FAMILY HOME SOLD AFTER 90 YEARS The house at 19 Currong Street South has recently been sold – a home that had been retained by the same family for more than 90 years. This Type ‘L’ house, built around 1935, was architecturally modified from a standard government house byRead article …