On Thursday 15 and Friday 16 December, we celebrated two more graduations for the SPARK Ginninderry Training and Employment Initiative.
 

Students of the Belconnen Community Service Childcare Pre-Employment Program and West Belconnen Pre-Employment Construction Program have put in months of hard work to develop skills, gain work experience as well as exposure to a range of employment pathways.
 

To see more watch our videos on the childcare and construction programs.

The Ginninderry project will create a 577 hectare conservation corridor along the Murrumbidgee River and Ginninderra Creek. In addition to its role in protecting important endangered species and ecological communities, the corridor will be a great asset for nature based recreation and education for the Belconnen community; it will cross the border and include land in both the ACT and NSW.

Local community input into the management of the corridor will be vital and to ensure that this happens it is proposed to set up an environmental management trust. The trust will manage all of the land in the corridor and be run by a board of directors that includes elected representatives from the local community. The trust arrangement will enable the community to be represented in decision-making associated with the corridor, and it will ensure a uniform management structure on both sides of the border. The trust will be funded from the project and will also benefit from revenue streams associated with recreation, tourism and education within the corridor.These funding  streams will secure sound and sustainable conservation management into the future.

The team responsible for conducting the Frogwatch Census, the highly successful annual frog monitoring program at West Belconnen and many other sites across the ACT, set their minds to rescuing turtles earlier this month. A team of 14 dedicated volunteers waded through the ponds at Strathnairn to rescue nine turtles, hundreds of yabbies, thousands of tadpoles and countless water bugs. 

A select number of local builders have been handpicked to bring the master planned vision for Ginninderry to life. Each of the 15 builders were chosen for their unique style and ability to deliver exceptional value for money and quality. Our builders will have house and land packages for sale in 2017 and most will have a display home in the future display village, to be  known as the Ginninderry Homes Collection.

Our list of builders can be found here. 

Ginninderry will be the vehicle for a ‘learning journey’ for both the project and the Frank Fenner Foundation; around the integration of urban living into the natural environment and strengthening of biosensitive practices. The EcoriumXChange project will seek to understand how planning and urban design impacts on environment, people and their quality of life.

You can also listen to Dr Peter Tait's interview on 666 ABC Canberra, where he talks about the important sustainability and urban design work the foundation will undertake at Ginninderry, as a part of the EcoriumXChange. Read more

The team will be back on 3 January 2017 and can be contacted on 6255 1158.

As we enter bushfire season it is important that you have a bushfire survival plan in place. ACT Emergency Services Agency has some important information that will help you get bushfire ready.

For more information on Ginninderry's environmental and bushfire planning watch our video here.

The Ginninderry project team is exploring exciting new uses for the open space in and around the ACT’s former landfill site located in West Belconnen.

The ultimate vision for the old landfill site is to turn into a sustainability precinct.  This will be an area that provides opportunities for recreation, educational experiences, community activities, recycling, the development of sustainable businesses, social enterprises and community projects, nurseries and community gardens.  While not all uses are compatible with all locations on the site due to previous land use, some areas have great potential once appropriately remediated and certified, and other areas will remain as green open space for nature and recreation.

For more information contact
(02) 6255 1158
Email: enquiries@ginninderry.com