The township group developing for Yarra Junction has taken another step towards becoming a key advocate for their local community.
The Yarra Junction community group met on Thursday 15 August, with 16 community members attending and a handful more sending apologies.
As alluded to at their previous meeting, the group was excited to decide on a name at the latest meeting, settling on officially being the Yarra Junction Community Group as well as defining their purpose: ‘to support and promote the wellbeing of Yarra Junction and its community, for them to prosper and thrive.’
A committee was formed with long-time resident Frank Colverson as President, Rosemary Crowley as Vice-President, Monica Blanchfield as secretary and everyone else who has attended the meetings (or expressed their apologies at not being able to) has been designated as members.
The group has agreed to meet again in a couple of weeks time to start work on its first projects and activities.
Yarra Junction residents can get in touch with the Yarra Junction Community group via email yarrajunction3797@gmail.com and the group welcomes anyone who is interested in getting involved or in sharing their ideas on how to help Yarra Junction and its community thrive.
There’s a total of 17 township groups in the Yarra Ranges, including the Millgrove Resident’s Action Group (MRAg), Warburton Advancement League, WHYLD Community Group, the Reefton McMahon’s Action Group and the Little Yarra Valley Community all in the Upper Yarra.
Members of the Yarra Junction Community Group have also previously met representatives of Monbulk And District Community Opportunities Working Group (MADCOW) who shared some of what they have been able to achieve.
One upcoming focus of the newly-formed group will be the upcoming draft Yarra Junction Place Plan from Yarra Ranges Council, who recently released an Engagement and Direction Paper that recaps the Place Plan and shares what they’ve heard from residents before the anticipated release of the draft plan in early 2025.
