Think Papanui

Community organisations have until 14 April to apply to the Council for support through the Strengthening Communities Fund. This fund supports community-focused organisations whose projects contribute to the strengthening of community wellbeing in the Christchurch city area.

Applications can be for operating costs such as salaries, power, rent, and administration, and/or for project costs such as community programmes, events, activities and equipment.

Click through for more information: https://ccc.govt.nz/culture-and-community/community-funding/scfund/

Changes to kerbside rubbish collection over Easter: the service will not be operating on Good Friday – 7 April 2023 – so pop your bins out for collection on Saturday instead. Bins will be collected as normal the week beginning Monday 10 April. Click through for more info: https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/changes-to-kerbside-collection-over-easter-anzac-day

Over the next month you may see an increase in resurfacing activity on the city’s roads, in particular in the east, central city, and northwest. Click through for more information on the Council’s road resurfacing programme:

https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/busy-road-resurfacing-season-ahead-for-christchurch

Te Ora Hou Ōtautahi on Windermere Road is one of the sites featured in this year’s Open Christchurch festival of architecture. See this Facebook post or head to the Open Christchurch website for more information. Think Papanui’s curator Simon Britten will be one of the hosts at Te Ora Hou.

Canterbury Police advise that the boy reported missing last week has been found safe and well.

Implementation of the second half of the Papanui slow speed neighbourhood will be underway in the next few days. These changes were approved by the Council last year following public consultation and a recommendation by the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board. See the notice for more details.

Term 2 classes at Papanui High School Adult & Community Education are now open for enrolment. See Facebook or https://www.papanui.school.nz/com-edu/categories for more details.

Curious about progress with the new school build in the former Foodstuffs warehouse in Papanui? Marian College has published a video tour showing where construction is up to. Check out the video on Facebook at: https://fb.watch/jxFg-tCDr_/

Work to renew the pathways within Redwood Park is commencing, and is expected to take until mid-May. Sections of the existing footpath will be closed to the public during construction activities, with temporary alternative access put in place. See the notice for more information.

The Christchurch, Selwyn and Waimakariri districts are growing rapidly, with our population potentially doubling to 1 million people within the next 60 years, if not earlier. How can we grow in a way that will provide a good quality of life while also tackling important issues such as responding to climate change, preserving the environment, making our region more resilient to natural disasters, and making housing more affordable?

Click through for a survey being conducted by the Urban Growth Partnership for Greater Christchurch (closes 26 March): https://greaterchristchurch.org.nz/huihui-mai/get-involved/