The Tuggeranong Community Council (TCC) is currently organising a perpetual “School Community Service Award” for students from all Tuggeranong High Schools and Colleges. This Award will recognize students who have volunteered in the community or supported a Community Group.
Over 357 people from every suburb in Tuggeranong responded to our Tuggeranong Livability Survey. The survey highlighted that water quality is the major issue in Tuggeranong followed by concerns over local jobs and the economy, crime and safety and then public transport. When asked what …
Our next Tuggeranong Community Council (TCC) meeting will on the 6th December at the Vikings Tuggeranong Town Centre Club. We will hear about the the proposed ‘new natural play space” at Tuggeranong Town Centre Park from the prize winning ‘Harris Hobbs Landscapes’ and hope to hear the latest from the Tuggeranong Arts Centre. We will then have a small Christmas get together.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The results of the Tuggeranong Community Council ‘Liveability Survey’ conducted during August to October 2016 were: Responses from every suburb of Tuggeranong; Respondees from 15 to over 75 years; Biggest single group of respondees 35-44 years [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_progress_bar values=”%5B%7B%22label%22%3A%22All%20Responses%20(350)%22%2C%22value%22%3A%22350%22%2C%22color%22%3A%22bar_blue%22%7D%2C%7B%22label%22%3A%22Female%20Respondents%20(63%25)%22%2C%22value%22%3A%22220%22%2C%22color%22%3A%22bar_green%22%7D%2C%7B%22label%22%3A%22Male%20Respondents%20(33%25)%22%2C%22value%22%3A%22130%22%2C%22color%22%3A%22bar_red%22%7D%5D” title=”Participants”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Important Issues affecting Tuggeranong Improved water …
On Sunday the 23 October, twenty nine people signed up to help clean up Lake Tuggeranong for our annual Spring cleanup. It was great to see that the lake itself did not have as much rubbish around it as has been seen in the past. Maybe this is because more people are aware and not throwing rubbish around, or, maybe more locals are being responsible and picking up rubbish or, maybe it is just because the recent rains flushed a lot of the rubbish down stream.
While Tuggeranong Community Council (TCC) recognises the value of converting waste into useful products and the introduction of new recycling technologies, in appropriate locations, the ACT government needs to ensure that such processing is safe and does not put anything into the atmosphere or cause any nuisance that could negatively affect nearby residents.
In addition to the committee members who were voted in last meeting we have now seconded Andrew Eppelstum to be our new Secretary. Andrew and Taryn, the new coordinator of the Community Health and Education subcommittee, are now looking after the TCC Facebook presence and for the first time we used Facebook to promote the Brindabella Candidates Forum. The forum, was held on Wednesday 14th September at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre.
The Tuggeranong Lake Carers with the support of the Tuggeranong Community Council (TCC) and the Southern ACT Catchment Group (SACTCG) is holding a spring Lake Cleanup on Sunday the 23 October from 10am to 1pm
On Wednesday 12 October 2016 the western Greenway community panel met at the Town Centre Vikings Club. This was the 4th meeting of the group and time was spent reviewing a draft outcomes report.
Our next meeting will be held on the 1st November at Vikings Town Centre Club. At the next meeting of the Tuggeranong Community Council on Tuesday the 1st November At the Vikings Town Centre Club, we will hear about what is happening with roads in Tuggeranong – what is planned and when it will happen. We will also hear from McKillop students about what they want for Tuggeranong
On Wednesday 12 October 2016 the Western Greenway Community Panel met for the 4th time at the Town Centre Vikings Club. They concluded that “based on the information provided, the community panel is not convinced there is any priority for urban development in the western …
This will be the last meeting for this committee that I will report on before the AGM, which will be held later in the night. It has been another eventful month for Tuggeranong. Hopefully by now, you will have filled in out Tuggeranong Livability Survey, designed to find our what people want for Tuggeranong. It is available on our website at www.tuggcc.com
