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PATTERSON River trail could become the home of an ambitious public art program.
At their 26 July meeting, Kingston councillors ordered a report to assess the creation of “a network of contemporary arts and cultural trails throughout Kingston, featuring artistic works by recognised professional artists along high-profile cultural trails including the Patterson River trail”.
The report will outline a plan to fund the public art works as part of council’s five year capital works programme and operational budget “including the allocation of two per cent of the budget for open space and building projects over $1,000,000 and ongoing funding for curation, staffing and maintenance of the works.”
Fire fought
FIRE fighters from Carrum Downs, Edithvale, Patterson River, Skye, and Frankston fire brigades were among those that helped to battle a huge blaze in Lyndhurst last week.
At around 10pm on 17 July, firefighters were alerted to a fire at the corner of Thompsons Rd and McCormicks Rd in Lyndhurst. They were told that a large glasshouse was ablaze.
Fire crews arrived to find the building burning. They worked into the early hours of the morning to extinguish it.
A statement on the Carrum Downs Fire Brigade Facebook page read “Crews worked through the night and well into today to suppress and extinguish the fire. Noble Park Fire Brigade moved up to Carrum Downs Fire Station to provide fire coverage for the local communities.”
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VIC Premier
Some of Melbourne’s most popular parks and reserves, including the Royal Botanic Gardens at Cranbourne and Melbourne are getting funding to upgrade facilities, ensuring they stay great places to visit for Victorians and tourists.
Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio announced $14.22 million from the Parks and Reserves Trust to help maintain and improve facilities at parks and reserves.
The coronavirus pandemic has made the state’s parks and open spaces even more important to Victorians and the upgrades will ensure they remain beautiful havens for people to visit.
Cranbourne Botanic Gardens will have access to improved attractions including the garden’s entry, Visitor Centre and the second stage of the Woodland Picnic Area and Biodiversity learning hub.
Petersburg Pilot -
Map courtesy of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Highlighted in orange on the map above is the land the Petersburg Borough selected in Thomas Bay. Tract A and D, bordered in black, is the 85 acres of land the state of Alaska is proposing to reject among the 701 acres of land the borough has selected as part of a general grant land entitlement.
The State of Alaska is proposing to convey and reject land selected by the Petersburg Borough in Thomas Bay as part of a general grant land entitlement in a preliminary land decision.
The borough has selected 701 acres of land near the Patterson River, according to the state s preliminary decision. The state s Land Conveyance Section is proposing to convey approximately 616 acres of state owned vacant, unappropriated, unreserved general grant land to the borough. Of the total acreage selected by the borough, the LCS is proposing to reject about 85 acres.