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Welcome to the Merlynston Sustainability Group’s community website. It’s here you’ll find news about our “little suburb thinking big” – including our Save Progress Hall campaign, our local music festivals and much, much more. We’d love you to get involved and help make our community stronger, more vibrant and more sustainable.

2011 Launch of Save Merlynston Progress Hall

2014 Angela Stocks Save our Hall blanket launch

2012 First Diverse Voices Music Festival at Bain Reserve

2015 resident petition to save Merlynston Progress Hall

1923- 1928 The community bought the land and built the Hall.

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LATEST NEWS

Currently a small group of people are working away to start a Merlynston Market it is anticipated to be held on the 22 October 2016. It may be big it may be be small is will be a start. http://www.merlynstonmarket.com.au/ or https://www.facebook.com/merlynstonmarket/

 

Moreland council voted 100% to refurbish Merlynston Progress Hall from the budget submissions.

A big thank you goes to the 2012-2016 Councillors of Moreland Council who voted unanimously to refurbish Merlynston Progress Hall on the 14th June 2016 after eight years of campaigning by the residents of Merlynston. To the residents of Merlynston a big thank you for hanging in there through thick and thin.
Moreland Council to work with Merlynston residents in 2016
If you are part of a group, community, organisation that needs a home you may be interested in the expression of interest. Funding partners to refurbish and operate MERLYNSTON PROGRESS HALL,
1 Novian Street, Merlynston, North Coburg
Moreland City Council seeks partners to invest in the restoration of the Merlynston Progress Hall to enable its return to public use as a vibrant community hub.
For more information contact:
Social Planner, Community Development and Social Policy Unit,
Moreland City Council
Phone: 9240 1136
Email: jspoke@moreland.vic.gov.au
Go straight to: Supplier portal  – and/or downlaodappilcation: Merlynston Progress Hall-ContractNo- 497EOI-Project Brief -2016

Still no funds for Progress Hall
Send a reply in response to the budget to Moreland City Council on its 2016-2017 budget . Please urge councillors to set aside funding to  restore Progress Hall to the Coburg North community.  Make a submission before 5pm May 26th 2016 ->  http://bit.ly/27R9Tmp
Read more at the Progress Hall page.
Read our submission at the News Blog page.
December 2015: Moreland City councillors have cast their votes on the future of Progress Hall, with a majority agreeing the hall was a valuable community asset to Coburg North.
Read more at the Progress Hall page.

Moreland Council takes  a step in the right direction on hall

March 2015: At the March 11th council meeting we presented a petition with 630 signatories calling for Merlynston’s hall to be refurbished and returned to the community.
Council passed a motion to assess, before next month’s meeting,  what will be required to make the hall “fit for use”.

• Thanks to all those who contributed to our 2014 Festival, held Sunday November 16th. See photos here. A fundraising campaign in the local community raised $3188 which helped fund a second performance space, composting toilets and a bio-diesel generator for the stages.  Take a look at the Pozible campaign to bring music to the ‘burbs.
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  Photograph by http://jerrygaleaphotography.com

  

  2012 Diverse voices: Photograph by http://jerrygaleaphotography.com

  

  

  2012 Diverse voices: Photograph by http://jerrygaleaphotography.com

  

  2012 Diverse voices: Photograph by http://jerrygaleaphotography.com

  

  2012 Diverse voices: Photograph by http://jerrygaleaphotography.com

  

  2012 Diverse voices: Photograph by http://jerrygaleaphotography.com

  

  Photograph by http://jerrygaleaphotography.com

  

  2012 Diverse voices: Photograph by http://jerrygaleaphotography.com

  

  2012 Diverse voices: Photograph by http://jerrygaleaphotography.com

  

  2011 Launch of Save Merlynston Hall

  Photographs  by Jerry Galea  Further information or enquiries: Contact the Merlynston 3058 Sustainability Group by filling out the form below, or email us.

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  Or c/-  PO Box 948 Merlynston North Coburg Melbourne Australia 3058 Comments: May 2014: So very lovely to see this page happening. Well done to all involved. Cheers Ange