A recreational club with two thousand members, operating seven days a week, with strong competition and a buzzing social scene? This can be a new South Metro Bridge Centre. An expanding demographic of older players could really appreciate a new facility for this rapidly growing pastime. With goodwill and some imaginative funding this could be easily achieved. The present club is on City land zoned R80, being very valuable and potentially contributing to a new centre.
South Perth Bridge Club is feeling squeezed by new developments near their Como home of thirty years. Melville Club has been given two years to vacate their old building to make way for Riseley precinct developments. There is opportunity to start afresh. With a new site on Manning Road, close to the freeway, Canning Bridge Station and the new light rail service, this could be easily accessible to the whole Perth region. Merging the two local clubs and bringing in new members could easily create an exciting new venue near the Manning Library, on Council land. Regional tournaments could be accessible to all between Mandurah and Joondalup. Can we make this happen?
More events last weekend included a spirited party hosted by Moorditch Keila, with food, music and smiles. Wow, Dena, Garry and friends do wonders in our community.
Speaking of making things happen, the McDougall Farm Community Garden people are a bundle of energy. Another workshop on Sunday brought more people and ideas together. John McBain and friends are about to commence preparing worm farms and compost, ahead of an anticipated Spring 2012 planting.
For younger residents, this weekend the new McDougall Park play area is expected to be open. What a job the City has done here :-) More new ideas in action.
People in this City are moving with energy. Councillor Gleeson speaks of visionary planning and the need to be “not tied to the dinosaur of our old Town Planning Scheme.” Councillor Reid speaks of keeping the open feel of our neighbourhoods, not closing off our families behind high walls.
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