CBD News Edition 32 – June 2017
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FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2017 ISSUE 32 WWW.CBDNEWS.COM.AU 㾕 21 义 FREE FOOD / EVENTS / NIGHTLIFE / LUNCH TIME / AFTER WORK / THE WEEKEND pages 11-13 CREATING MINI MELBOURNE TRIBUTES FLOW TOASTING MODERN MEN MARKET UPDATE - page 2 - - page 4 - - page 5 - - page 8 - Night safe space for homeless re-opens A space for the CBD’s homeless to stay overnight will re-open just in time for winter. Th e Night Time Safe Space, located in the Salvation Army’s Hamodava Cafe on Bourke St will open its doors from 11pm – 7am every night from the end of May and provide a safe, indoor location for rough sleepers to spend the night. Th e $300,000 service is part of City of Melbourne’s $2 million package of homelessness initiatives. Th e re-opening follows a highly successful 20-week pilot program, beginning in June last year. Th e space will operate for a minimum of 250 days. Following the 250 days, a council review will be conducted to determine the future of the program. Trevor Wulf was a volunteer with the pilot program and is now the day-time manager of Hamodava Cafe. Mr Wulf said that last year, an average of 75- Major Brendan Nottle and Hamodava Cafe day-manager Trevor Wulf welcome rough sleepers once again to the Night Time Safe Space. 85 rough sleepers used the space. He expects to see a few familiar faces over the coming water. Cans are just one dollar and the cost Major Nottle said the space would be a fi rst Many rough sleepers also use the space to months. covers the purchase of the next carton. step for many rough sleepers. escape isolation. Th e cafe setting allows “Th ere’s been a lot of people asking when it them to engage in conversation and connect Donated materials such as yoga mats and “Th ey may not be ready to move into will open already. Th ey’re looking forward to with other people, something both Mr Wulf blankets will also be available for rough accommodation or they may have had bad it being open again,” he said. and Major Nottle agreed was crucial for sleepers in the Night Time Safe Space. DVDs experiences in accommodation that they’ve people experiencing homelessness. Th e Night Time Safe Space provides free will be on show and board games will be been provided with before. Th is program coff ee and toasted sandwiches for rough available too. actually gets them into a safe space which is “Th e only downside to the safe space is that sleepers. All food is donated, including the dry and well-supervised,” he said. we have to close it and ask people to leave in Salvation Army Major Brendan Nottle hopes coff ee machine that was gifted from 7/11. the morning so that we can clean it and open the space will help see a decrease in rough “Our workers, along with council’s new the cafe,” Mr Wulf said. Th e only cost at the Night Time Safe Space sleepers on CBD streets, compared with the daily support team will actually go in and are cans of coke, which Mr Wulf said were 247 that were counted by council this time help them try and fi nd suitable long-term more popular amongst rough sleepers than last year. accommodation as well.” SERVICING THE MELBOURNE CBD COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MARKET 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK www.cbremelbourne.com.au | 1300 666 888 2 CBD NEWS ISSUE 32 Creating a mini Melbourne Declan Mulcahy is working on Suite 108, 198 Harbour Esplanade PO Box 23008 Docklands 8012 a MiniMelbourne project that Tel: 8689 7980 Fax: 9602 2929 turns the CBD’s most iconic www.cbdnews.com.au landmarks into miniature Advertising Tel: 8689 7980 Fax: 9602 2929 Nanoblocks. [email protected] Reader contributions are welcome. An avid Lego lover and lifetime Melburnian, Please send articles and images to Mr Mulcahy started MiniMelbourne late last [email protected] year after being inspired by the hand-drawn Melbourne Map curated by artists Lewis Th e deadline for the July 2017 edition is Brownlie and Deborah Young. Th ursday, June 15. Mr Mulcahy said he thought the CBD Follow us on Twitter deserved to be celebrated for its “interesting @CBD_News_3000 buildings and the beautiful layout of the city”. Like us on Facebook “I saw that Lego released its Sydney skyline cbdnewsmelbourne product and got a little jealous that it wasn’t Melbourne,” he said. Mr Mulcahy and his MiniMelbourne model. CBD News is published by Shane “Just because we don’t have a Harbour Scanlan ([email protected]). A single Nanoblock is as small as several “MiniMelbourne is a combination of the Bridge or Opera House doesn’t mean millimetres and Mr Mulcahy has to measure things I love, including Lego and Melbourne. 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Council House 1 the best that I’ve seen in my time as Lord It has also earmarked $800,000 for 360 more Mayor,” Cr Doyle said. “And so it should be, “big bellied” rubbish bins, which hold seven “CH1 is now in such a state that I must say considering that it’s our development.” times as much waste as standard bins and that I feel slightly ashamed that we ask our “If we want others to be exemplars, we take far fewer truck trips to empty. people to work in there,” Cr Doyle said. “Th ey are not appropriate, modern, working should be exemplars ourselves. It ticks every Th e council also plans to spend $29 million conditions so we are going to have to fi nd single box. I want to be able to have that on its Queen Victoria Market redevelopment replacement accommodation.” debate publicly and I want to be able to have in 2017/18, $200,000 on waste compactors it with the minister. Of all the developments and a further $1.3 million redeveloping “Th ere are many options of what we could at the Queen Victoria Market it is not the Council House 1 in Little Collins St. do. We haven’t made any decisions, and Munro site. It’s not the heritage sheds. It’s that’s why we’re going to do the work this actually getting the cars off 1.5 hectares of Th e council has said it has no plans to 10 tonnes of year. We could, for example, take advantage asphalt that is Melbourne’s oldest cemetery increase parking fi nes or fees. of the fact that Melbourne Metro will mean and returning that to public open space.” At his May 4 budget press conference, Lord that there will be new space available around Parking fees and fi nes rubbish! Mayor Robert Doyle elaborated on some of Young and Jacksons.” Lord Mayor Robert Doyle claims the council these local projects.