Sixties Classic Shops Set the Stage

On 24 April, Dickson Residents Group unveiled a 4th Canberra Tracks heritage sign for our suburb in the newly named Taglietti Square, made possible with support of a 2023-4 ACT heritage grant. Sixty attended. Professor Peter Stanley graciously emceed. Both the Minister for Environment and Heritage, Rebecca Vassarotti MLA, and …

DRG Response to the Inquiry into the Territory Plan and other associated documents

Following community consultation on the ‘Inquiry into the Territory Plan and other associated documents’, submissions from the Dickson Residents Group (DRG) and others have been formally accepted and uploaded to the ACT Government website. The DRG response focused on 5 points: The risks associated with using discretion rather than rules-based …

DRG Response to YourSay – New place names proposed for Dickson shopping centre

Community consultation recently closed for the ACT Government’s – ‘YourSay – New place names proposed for Dickson shopping centre’ initiative’ The Dickson Residents Group response included three focus points: Welcoming the Place Names Advisory Committee’s consultative approach and suggested place names Encouraging review expansion, to include currently un-named meeting points …

Join us! Planting Bulbs for Spring

On Saturday 17 June 2023, the Dickson Residents Group (DRG) will participate in the Floriade Community bulb planting. If you are part of the Dickson community and would like to join us – sign up to be a DRG member today or contact us! Thanks to the Dickson Baptist Memorial Church and City Renewal Authority for their …