Monday April 27, 2015
Caring for our Community We are pleased to announce that we have two new doctors joining our team: Dr Thilo Marquardt & Dr Lorna Macann.
MONEY MEN: Kilbirnie business owner Geoff Kiddle with BID project coordinator Roger Tweedy. PHOTO: Sam Duff
Down to business in Kilbirnie By Sam Duff
Commercial property owners in Kilbirnie will be making a financial contribution to give the suburb a boost if the local business network has its way. Roger Tweedy has recently been employed to gage interest in whether a Business Improvement District should be introduced in the suburb. A BID involves money being collected, along with rates by Wellington City Council, from commercial property owners and given to the Kilbirnie Business Network. The money would then be used on
things such as the Kilbirnie Festival and the marketing of the area. Roger says many people visit Kilbirnie to shop at one business and he would like them to stay for a while. Jackson Street in Petone is a good example of a business area which has successfully introduced a BID, says Roger, who has recently finished working on the Khandallah BID. Roger says a steering group has been formed to discuss the proposal, and in late June a series of business workshops will be held. He is also in the process of consulting all commercial property owners. Roger says it is important
to remember a BID would be run by locals, not by Council. So far there has been mixed feelings for the idea, he says. In September or October there will a vote of Kilbirnie business owners to see if a BID should be introduced in the suburb. Roger says if any commercial building owners have not been contacted about the BID then they should email kilbirniebusinessgroup@gmail.com Should Kilbirnie commercial property owners pay for a business improvement district? Email news@wsn.co.nz and let us know what you think.
• Dr Thilo Marquardt, trained in Germany and now lives locally with his New Zealand family. He will continue the care of Dr Joanna Joseph’s patients. Joanna has left us to do further post graduate study in Travel Medicine, her area of interest. Thilo has special interests in minor surgery, paediatrics and allergy medicine. • Our team would like to also extend a warm welcome to Dr Lorna Macann and her patients who have moved from Kilbirnie. Lorna will be consulting three days a week with us. As a team we continue to provide quality health care and empower our patients towards better health and wellbeing. Check out our brand new website for a full list of our services: www.miramarmedical.co.nz, or come in to see us at 46 Park Road, Miramar.
Ph: 388 7018 Dr Ciandra Keenan, Dr Diana Siklosi, Dr Karen Mason, Dr Lorna Macann, Dr Paul Kelly, Dr Thilo Marquardt
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