Inner West Council

History Week is BACK for 2018! Inner West Council Library and History presents another jam-packed program of FREE events from September 1-9. #HistoryWeek2018

ANNOUNCEMENT. Due to circumstances out of Wests Tigers control, we regret to inform you that the Leichhardt Sleep Out scheduled for Friday 17 August, has been cancelled.
Wests Ashfield will be proudly donating $10,000 to the Leichhardt Women's Community Health Centre, in support of their domestic violence services.

We're improving the cycling path along Livingstone Road, from Randall Street to Marrickville Park and we want Inner West residents and the #cycling community to provide feedback on our draft design plans! 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️
Have #yoursay via the link.

Thank you to all of you have been involved with Open Marrickville and Open Inner West over the past 7 years!
We want YOUR feedback and opinions about these #festivals and the future directions we should take.
Council has recently funded EDGE, a series of 5 arts and cultural activations and we want know what opportunities you want to see for you, your groups and activities. And if the two programs Open Inner West and EDGE should be combined..hmmm? 🤔 Let us know!

Good news for Council and good news for the community!
“Now, we will have more money from developers so that ratepayers are not footing the bill for developer-initiated rezoning,” says Mayor Darcy Byrne.

Drop into Newtown Hub (outside Newtown Neighbourhood Centre) to celebrate our Rainbow Youth from 7:30am on Friday, 31 August!
There'll be FREE giveaways, information and support on the day.
Council and Inner West Police Area Command are committed to fostering supportive, safe and accepting environments for rainbow young people.
... The event is supported by our partners: Newtown Neighbourhood Centre headspace Wear it Purple Twenty10
For more info head to wearitpurple.org #wearitpurple
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The Inner West is affected by #WestConnex more than any other area of Sydney! We're FED UP, are you?
Join us in making a submission to the NSW parliamentary inquiry into the impacts of WestConnex. Find out how!

The EDGE Community Launch is just around the corner!
Today we're on shoot with Esem Projects at our artist in residence site at Thirning Villa, Ashfield. Local artists are working with diverse communities to capture stories and portraits for the 'Three Generations' public art project. They will be projected giant scale on some of Ashfield's most prominent buildings as part of the launch celebrations starting on Thursday, 6 September 5-8pm.
Find out more about EDGE here: www....innerwest.nsw.gov.au/edge #EDGEInnerWest
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Our local #history service contains a treasure trove of items and we're looking for feedback on how these are stored and presented!
We're calling on YOU to explore some fascinating research material and have #yoursay on the planning and delivery of history services over the next ten years via a community survey.

Calling all artists! Entries are now open for the 2018 GreenWay Art Prize, a much loved prestigious #art event which celebrates the #GreenWay eco-corridor that's set to wind from the Cooks River to Iron Cove.
This year there's a $10k prize pool for winners across a range of categories including #painting, #sculpture and #photography. So...get entering!

Enjoy some top quality footy the way it should be - tribal, local and vocal! 😀✊🏉
Tag your #footy friends to WIN FREE TIX to the Newtown Jets vs NZ Warriors game on Saturday, 18 August at Henson Park - the second last game of the 2018 season.

Local residents 1 - Developers 0 👏 Dulwich Hill residents celebrate victory after Court rules out demolition of the 1920s California-style home on The Boulevarde, which a company wanted to turn into luxury apartments.

NSW public library funding is at crisis point! Stand up for our libraries and sign the petition today. 📚

We've partnered with UNSW and the Australian PV Institute to support residents and business owners make the switch to #solar and #renewableenergy.
The latest initiative is SunSPot, a handy online tool that estimates the potential for electricity generation from every single roof in the Inner West - YES! ☀️🏠

Let's #flashbackfriday to the '70s in #Newtown! An elephant advertising Smith Street Fair is casually walked down Denison Street. #innerwest #history

"The original vision was of a flourishing wetland teeming with fauna and flora, with meandering, raised walkways."
Inner West residents are outraged with news WestConnex has reneged on an agreement to design and construct the Peter Bulger wetlands in accordance with the Camdenville Park master plan - a plan Council and the community had been working since 2014. #WestCONnex