This week is National Road Safety Week and this year’s theme is lead the way: drive so others survive.

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Contemporary art organisation West Space has been awarded a $30,000 Room to Create grant, which they will use to help foster emerging and underrepresented artists in Yarra. The grant is the largest ever awarded from Yarra’s Room to Create Charitable Fund, which supports artists and creative organisations in Yarra by helping with operational costs.

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We’re thinking about making some changes to the Brunswick Street Oval sporting and community facilities and we want to hear from the local community.  

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Yarra Council has approved plans for accessible tram stops to be installed along Nicholson Street, between Kerr and Holden streets. 

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Registrations for Melbourne Fringe 2019 are now open. Fringe is proudly open access, which means that anyone can register to be part of the Festival. They champion inclusion, diversity, freedom of expression, and amplifying voices on the margins. If you've got an idea of an event, an exhibition, an arena spectacular, they want to know about it.

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Developers will be required to contribute to infrastructure upgrades and community facilities under a new plan to help provide for the needs of our growing city.

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Open Table’s free lunches aren’t just a delicious way for the community to connect, they also help raise awareness around food waste.

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The 2019-20 Budget confirmed the Australian government’s kindergarten funding will run out in December 2020. We are supporting the I Love Kinder campaign and calling for long-term, ongoing funding for kindergartens.

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In June, Yarra will start a trial across approximately 1,300 households in the Abbotsford area which will explore new ways of managing and collecting recycling. The trial will last approximately 12 months.

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On Tuesday 16 April, Councillors passed a resolution outlining our commitment and next steps for the development of our first Climate Emergency Plan. 

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Nominations are now open for the Victorian Senior of the Year Awards. Celebrate older Victorians who make valuable differences to your community. Nominations close Friday 5 July, 2019.

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Yarra Council today welcomed the Victorian Government’s announcement of additional support for the Medically Supervised Injecting Facility being trialled in Richmond.

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Share your feedback on our draft budget for 2019/20. 

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Applications are now open for the Young Entrepreneurs in the North program (YEN), providing young innovators with support, workshops and hands-on training to start their own business or social enterprise.

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We have partnered with traders in Smith Street to showcase new developments and classic favourites in this popular precinct. 

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Opening hours and bin collection days will be changing over the Easter long weekend and Anzac Day public holidays.

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We’re upgrading the change rooms next to the gym at Richmond Recreation Centre. Works will begin on Tuesday 23 April and are expected to finish late August. There will be restrictions to access and our group exercise timetable for a period of time. 

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The Environment Effects Statement is open for public submissions from Wednesday 10 April to Friday 7 June.

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We are installing an independent internet network to connect Yarra Council’s smart technology devices and sensors. This is our first step to becoming a leading Smart City. 

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At Yarra’s council meeting on 2 April, councillors called for a report on the process that would be required to enable a minimum size for apartments to be mandated in the Yarra Planning Scheme.

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