04.04.2017

Ginninderry as a connected community

Ginninderry will be a place where everybody feels welcome, comfortable and included. My role as Community and Cultural Planning Manager is finding out what it is that people do, what […]
31.03.2017

Housing diversity at Ginninderry

My role as Ginninderry Project Director is effectively to be the overall governance of the project. Ginninderry is a spectacular setting surrounded by the beautiful hills of the Brindabella’s and […]
25.03.2017

SPARK – caring for our community!

When it comes to empowering members of the local community to pursue further education to improve long-term employability, SPARK has it. For the 15 participants of all ages registered to […]
07.03.2017

Understanding householder attitudes to renewable energy futures

The residential energy market is in a state of change. Advances in energy efficient appliances, falling battery storage prices and continued uptake of solar PV are providing householders with more […]
02.03.2017

Sights set on first sales release

After ten years of detailed planning, the first sales release at Ginninderry is just around the corner. Ginninderry is a master planned community. This means that right from the beginning, […]
01.03.2017

Making (not viewing) art to find your “flow”

Last Friday I visited the Aboriginal Women’s Art Group workshop “Strong Women”* to talk to the women there about making artworks and products for our development. There were 10 women […]
01.03.2017

Culturally significant tree-relocation makes Ginninderry history books

On 13 January, amidst high temperatures, an exercise that proved to be the first of its kind was undertaken in the ACT; being the relocation of an Aboriginal ‘culturally modified […]
01.03.2017

Connecting people through the pursuit of sustainable living

I recently came across an article featured on ABC News online, where visual artist Calista Lyons, now based in the US, returned to her hometown of Tallangatta Valley. Calista set out […]
23.02.2017

The Link – From Vision to Reality

As an architect, the hardest stage is the translation of the design into built form. Although it is the main outcome, this is where the design and vision can sometimes […]
22.02.2017

Register now for the West Belconnen Administration Pre-Employment Program

A new innovative accredited training program specifically targeting the West Belconnen community that will develop skills, provide work experience and deliver potential employment in the business administration sector for participants. […]
21.02.2017

SPARK – committed to the community

For Ginninderry’s SPARK program giving back to the local community is something we’re not just passionate about, but is the driving force behind our SPARK initiative. Our commitment to creating […]
18.02.2017

Meet the Builders of Ginninderry – Part 4: Rojas Constructions

A select number of local builders have been handpicked to bring the master planned vision for Ginninderry to life. All of the builders were assessed against a number of criteria, […]