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Playgrounds on the up PARKS and recreation around Frankston are set for improvements as part of a council push to provide “high-quality playgrounds” for youngsters. A $1 million upgrade at Ballam Park on Cranbourne Rd will include the replacement of ageing playground equipment, new slides and rope nets and parkour surfaces and works to refurbish a fort. Flinders Christian College students Isaac James and Levi Gould took part in council’s design consultation process. Their ideas on creating a dedicated parkour area will be incorporated into the new playground design at Ballam Park with construction due to finish in October. “We’re super excited to be able to have this new facility to be able to do what we love,” Isaac said. Frankston mayor Cr James Dooley said works have also begun on a $300,000 upgrade of Keast Park in Seaford and the playground at Frankston’s waterfront will also be upgraded. “By investing in high-quality playgrounds we are providing a great location for families to come together and for children of all ages to make new friends as they explore, learn and develop in a fun environment,” Cr Dooley said. Leaps year: Parkour enthusiasts Isaac James and Levi Gould demonstrate their skills at Ballam Park while Cr James Dooley takes a mayoral seat. Picture: Yanni
Rancour over City Life ‘end’ figure was ever discussed or offered.” Mr Edbrooke maintained the government made an offer to City Life to keep its operations afloat in the short term at Beach St before more suitable permanent premises could be found elsewhere in Frankston. “City Life said they were going to cease providing their service so the state government and I came up with an alternative option which would continue to provide meals, welfare and support to those in need in Frankston,”
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Mr Edbrooke said. “A package worth close to $400,000 to pay for rent, industrial kitchen facilities and extra buildings was discussed with City Life but unfortunately rejected.” The Labor MP announced last Thursday (9 June) that he had promised to help City Life find new premises but unfortunately an agreement could not be reached before City Life’s deadline to move out of Clyde St Mall next month. Continued Page 6
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Beach St, the current location of the FRANK (Frankston Regional Artists Network) gallery was turned down by City Life’s board. Mr Whitby issued a media statement late on Friday afternoon (10 June) disputing the government’s offer of financial help. “Mr Edbrooke has publicly claimed City Life was offered nearly $400,000 to re-site – this is completely false,” Mr Whitby said in the statement. “That figure nor any other specific
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A BITTER war of words has erupted over the closure of City Life’s cafe in Clyde St Mall that feeds Frankston’s homeless and disadvantaged. Pastor Mark Whitby, founder of the charity who has overseen its operations for two decades, announced last week the cafe and associated Frankston Churches Breakfast Club will stop
dishing out meals for the last time next month. City Life is being forced to move due to the construction of a $16 million five-storey apartment building at 4 and 6 Clyde St Mall and 36R Ross Smith Ave East (‘’Homeless’ charities close doors’, The Times 6/6/15). Frankston Labor MP Paul Edbrooke says the state government tried to help City Life find a new home over several months but an offer worth about $400,000 to temporarily relocate to 31
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