Southern View: July 18, 2017

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Expo shows off community
LIVING IN Linwood, Woolston,
Bromley and Phillipstown is
something to celebrate.
That’s why the city council
will host It’s Great to Live Here
2017 expo on Friday from 11am
to 3pm at Eastgate Shopping
Centre.
The theme this year will be:
Community communication
and connections.
When asked about what they
love about living in greater Linwood,
residents often talk about
the people, the convenience and
the sense of community.
The annual expo, which has
been running for more than 10
years, will celebrate what’s great
about living, working, playing
and learning in the area.
The expo is a partnership
between local community
groups and organisations, some
social and public service groups,
Eastgate Shopping Centre, local
businesses and the city council.
Residents, community groups
and businesses come together to
celebrate what they value about
the area, whether it be diversity,
resilience, vibrancy or strong
community spirit.
It also allows people to find
out what is happening in greater
Linwood and what various
community groups and social
MEET UP: The greater Linwood community will come together for the It’s Great to Live Here
2017 expo on Friday. ​
services are doing and offering
in the area.
This year, 26 groups will
participate in the expo,
including the Linwood
Resource Centre, Phillipstown
Community Hub and
Community Centre, Bromley
Community Centre, Woolston
Development Project and the
Methodist Mission, among
others
Most of the local groups that
will be present are a part of the
Greater Linwood Forum which
meets once a month.
Some of the great new
initiatives and activities
happening in the area
include the recently launched
community pizza oven at the
Phillipstown Community Hub
and a new community internet
cafe being launched at the
Bromley Community Centre
which will offer free computer
tuition.
Local News
Now
Wheelchair
users will
get to use
beach mat
• By Caitlin Miles
Fire rages, homes at risk
GETTING A wheelchair
across the soft sand at the
beach is about to get easier
thanks to a special mat.
Come the summer season
the North New Brighton Residents’
Association and North
Beach Surf Club will roll out
a special wheelchair mat as a
trial.
It’s designed to make it easier
for those in wheelchairs and
with other mobility disabilities
to get from the concrete across
the soft sand and onto the hard
sand near the water.
Association chairman Josiah
Thompson said it was “very
exciting” to be able to provide
the mat so the less able would
not miss out on enjoying the
beach.
The mat will be stored at the
surf club, every morning it will
be rolled out and brought back
in at the end of the day by the
surf club.
Mr Thompson said he hopes
following the trial they will be
able to keep it permanently but
will need to wait and see. ​
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