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Season’s Greetings to All in Parkville

Dear Fellow Parkvilleans,

To all members of the Parkville community; the Parkville Association extends to you all our greetings for a healthy, peaceful and joyous Christmas. May 2009 be a year of peace, good health and happiness for you all.

2008 has been a year of considerable activity in the Association as there appears to be plenty of issues requiring attention in order to maintain the heritage and ambiance of our delightful suburb.

In dealing with these issues it is always a delight to meet more and more of our fellow Parkvilleans who are contributing to help maintain such a wonderful and desirable area.

The association always welcomes your ideas and thoughts on maintaining and improving our community so please let us know your ideas and if possible get involved by joining the committee; you’ll be most welcome.

The Association has been fortunate over the years with the people who have served on the committee and as a consequence have significantly influenced the environment that we all now enjoy. It’s now up to the present residents to offer their expertise and personal talents to maintain these high standards, so please give it to your thoughts and contact us.

We have again been fortunate this eyar with two outstanding performances by our won Parkville Ensemble. These events are always exceptionally well attended and we are most grateful to Stuart and his group.

The Winter Warmer was again a packed house and a great opportunity to meet and get to know our neighbours.

We were blessed with a delightful sunny afternoon for Cup Day this year and a large and vocal group gathered to celebrate this occasion and yarned on well into the evening.

Parkville lost another of its personalities this year with the closure of our newsagent. Isobel and Angus Stewart had served us well for many years and are now enjoying their retirement.

Isobel was farewelled at a large gathering of locals at an afternoon tea in March.

Another of our institutions, Naughtons Hotel, has reopened which is great to see. Parkvilleans meet here for a dinner on the third Tuesday of the month. Come along and join the group.

The truck ban in Gatehouse Street is working reasonably well and with the expected installation early 2009 of the traffic calming measures, this street should be much more pleasant and quiet.

The committee has handles may heritage issues throughout the year and with Bio21, The Children’s Hospital, expansion of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and the Royal Park Tunnel we have been quite occupied.

We have just been advised that our efforts to have the Unvirsity High School included on the heritage register have been successful which is a very satisfying conlusion.

May you all enjoy a wonderful Christmas and a relaxed and safe holidays.

Gerry Noonan
President, Parkville Association