It has been a busy start to the year across Greater Dandenong and as Mayor of this great city I have been very busy attending openings and special events throughout our suburbs.
Across February and March the Bright Community Organisation hosted their second annual Ramadan Night Market in central Dandenong. We were pleased to welcome Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Premier Jacinta Allan and several ministers and MPs to the event throughout the month.
In other great news for Dandenong, I attended the sod-turning launch of a social housing project. A partnership between Homes Victoria and Launch Housing, the Dandelion project will deliver 70 high-quality homes offering safe, secure and permanent housing for some of our most vulnerable community members. A stable home can be the foundation for better health, education, employment and connection to community, and this project will help transform many lives.
I also attended the official launch of a lighting upgrade at WJ Turner Reserve in Noble Park North. Council maintains top-notch sporting facilities across our suburbs, and the installation of four new lighting towers means safer training conditions and more flexible scheduling for the clubs that use this ground. Projects like this one help get more people, more active all year round.
Council recently adopted the Open Space Five Year Plan, which sets out a detailed schedule of works to ensure open space projects are spread evenly across our city and occur within budget. There are several projects planned for Noble Park Ward, and I will make sure to share these as they happen.
Last year works to upgrade parts of the Paddy O’Donohue Centre, including the kindergarten space were finished. This building has been servicing the community for more than 100 years and I will work to ensure it continues to serve
the people of Noble Park.
If you have any local issues you would like to discuss, please contact me via email at Sophie.Tan @cgd.vic.gov.au or phone me on 0466 793 727.
