General Business

Memberships Extended until 30th June 2011

All Villages memberships have been extended until 30th June 2011. This is to fall in line with the financial year and also as the majority of your promotion will commence in July this year. This is an extra 3 months membership for founding members who's faith in the Villages has allowed us to move forward and gather momentum.

Meeting with Shire CEO

Judy and Carl attended a meeting requested by Glenn Patterson of the Shire to discuss various projects that had been tabled with them. Judy reported on the Capital Works budget as it related to the Villages interests in having Parsons Lane Olinda, Woodlands Ave. and Prince Street Sassafras sealed. This was all well received.
There appears to be money in the budget of the SYR for new entry signs which would fit in with the Villages plans for new signage. Glenn showed design drafts for entry and boundary signs. Lisa’s original concept design was shown for the Shire’s consideration and Glenn took that away to be copied.
Judy was invited to submit a letter with our requests in response to their invitation to “add everything we’ve talked about and we’ll have it done by the end of the year”. A very positive response from Shire. Judy is drafting the letter currently and asking to be included in their planning for signage. The signage should be ready to go up in November.
It was also noted that the Shire of Yarra Ranges is changing their name to Yarra Ranges Council.