Planning
Free parking U-turn on cars
The City of Melbourne will encourage motorists back to the city during the Christmas period by offering free on-street parking, despite existing policy that seeks to turn cars away in favour of pedestrians and cyclists.
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Getting your head around post-COVID
Even the CBD has become a village during the lockdown with small businesses slowly opening their doors and offering hospitality in intimate moments that would have passed unnoticed before the pandemic.
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Relaxing in the Sunday food queue
There’s no need to stand in line for two hours at the Food Relief Centre in Swanston St any more. Your trolley can do the work for you.
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What will happen to Campbell Arcade?
Tenants in Melbourne’s iconic heritage listed Campbell Arcade are holding onto hope despite doubts that still loom over the arcade’s future.
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Pop-up grocery store for international students
The developer of Aurora Melbourne Central on LaTrobe St has teamed up with Foodbank Victoria to create the CBD’s first international student pop-up grocery store.
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Bar culture returns to Russell Place
The CBD’s bar scene is cracking back into life thanks to some swift think- ing by owners such as Ben Luzz who know how to appeal to regulars.
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Rooftop bar goes ahead despite downstairs anger
The rooftop of an eight-storey Bourke St building has been approved to operate as a 100-patron bar despite objections from tenants on the levels below.
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Floral takeover
Floristry and landscaping students from Melbourne Polytechnic have joined forces to construct a floristry installation in the heart of the CBD.
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A big year ahead at Queen Victoria Market
As the most turbulent year in the Queen Victoria Market’s (QVM’s) history nears an end, the City of Melbourne’s ongoing renewal of the market will come under even sharper focus in 2021 as its traders try to rebuild.
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Former councillors become friends of QVM
Three former City of Melbourne councillors, Dr Jackie Watts, Susan Riley and Beverley Pinder, have made the bold move to support community lobby group Friends of Queen Victoria Market (FOQVM).
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Housing in Melbourne is cooked and the Victorian Government just made it worse
“That feminist joint”: QVWC celebrates 30 years
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