Nor'West News: June 20, 2017

8 Tuesday June 20 2017
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Fendalton car parks stay
Businesses
influence
final decision
• By Julia Evans
FENDALTON business owners
are relieved that parking outside
their premises won’t be removed.
Elizabeth Fry, owner of The
Cook Shop on Holmwood Rd,
said she’s thrilled the Fendalton-
Waimairi-Harewood Community
Board did not approve a new
pedestrian island that would take
away six parking spaces.
“We’re pleased it’s being maintained,”
Mrs Fry said.
If the parking was revoked,
she said she would have lost her
walk-in customer base.
“It’ll kill us . . . the reality is
it’s putting all these businesses
in real danger of having to close
their doors,” Mrs Fry said.
But the board went against the
city council’s recommendation
and moved a motion to keep the
intersection as it is.
The board’s decision came after
Mrs Fry organised a petition of
336 signatures opposing the loss
of parking.
Ilam MP Gerry Brownlee,
OVER THE MOON: Elizabeth Fry, owner of The Cook Shop on
Holmwood Rd, is thrilled the car parks outside her business
won’t be removed.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
board chairman David Cartwright
and city councillor Jamie
Gough also met with Mrs Fry in
May to address concerns raised
by the petition.
Said board deputy chairman
Sam MacDonald: “This is one of
those things that gets the council
in trouble. It costs ratepayers
money that could be spent somewhere
else. It doesn’t appease
the residents and it is imposing
something unnecessarily,” he
said.
“We’re really focused on the
council spending money where it
should be spending and this was
one of those examples where it
wasn’t. We didn’t feel it was being
spent in the right way.”
The board queried why the
work had been prioritised over
the Harewood, Gardiners and
Breens Rds intersection.
“If we’re going to be spending
nearly $100,000, we should be
spending it in a community
that actually wants it,” Mr
MacDonald said.
Residents Roy Bickerstaffe
and Stuart Gowland made
deputations to the board and
said they did not want the
P10 parking spaces outside
their properties further down
Holmwood Rd.
EVEN WITH more than 76,000
members worldwide, many
people haven’t heard of this
group.
But recently the Soroptimist
International of Christchurch
celebrated the long service
members over the last 68 years.
Special recognition was given
to Maureen Lough, who was
president of the club during the
2010 and 2011 earthquakes.
Certificates were presented to
those who had given over 10 and
20 years of service.
And certificates, badges and a
bouquet flowers presented to the
four members whose combined
service topped 327 years.
The Soroptimist’s have
supported groups such as
Riding for the Disabled,
HONOUR: (From
left) – Mary
Holmes, Lena
Metcalf and
Yvonne Flitcroft
were part of
the Soroptimist
International of
Christchurch
celebration.
Women honoured
the Westburn School Music
Scholarship, the women’s
shelter at the Christchurch
City Mission, Bellyful and Girl
Guides since 1949.
Mrs Flitcroft said the group is
currently working on a knitting
project for Plunket and another
project weaving bedrolls out of
recycled plastic bags.
Certificates and flowers were
presented to:
Mary Holmes – 48 years
Lorraine Blackler – 46 years
Dorothy McDonald – 44 years
Helen Clarke – 43 years
Certificates and badges were
presented to:
Diana Broughton – 39 years
Sister Raye Boyle – 37 years
Wendy Carryer – 37 years
Velda Kelly – 33 years
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