Community Park-to-Park Walk brings residents together

THE Pigeon Valley Urban Improvement Precinct hosted a Walkie Talkie Park-to-Park community walk recently, where a group of over 50 Glenwood residents took a stroll through their neighbourhood.

In an effort to come together as a community, the Pigeon Valley Urban Improvement Precinct has begun the initiative to invite Glenwood residents to walk through their neighbourhood to connect with other residents and to promote community safety.

“We want to help community members get to know each other. At the meeting we have coming up in August, we will establish how often we will assemble for these walks,” said Glenwood resident Karen Brokensha.

The walk started in Bedford Gardens and moved up to Pigeon Valley where Crispin Hemson gave a short and delightful insight into the work and purpose of the sanctuary. The team of walkers then strolled down to Edmonds Road Park, Kingsley Gardens, and on to Tesorerie/Lookout Park before heading back to Bedford Gardens for a bring-and-share breakfast picnic and coffee connect time together.

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Brokensha noted that the event was a major success. “There were young people, old people, and children, and people really connected and had a good time.”

The newly formed Pigeon Valley Urban Improvement Precinct is on the move to see the area of approximately 1 000 homes in the suburb of Glenwood rally together towards a safe, clean, and green community.

Since May 2022, there have been further meetings and conversations to establish a network of well over 40 street representatives. The street representatives each represent a street in the suburb to help gather momentum to kick off the organisation, in preparation for a community engagement meeting on Thursday, August 18 at Glenwood Boys’ High School.

“All are welcome to come to the meeting, but we will be focusing on issues that affect residents who live in the Glenwood precinct,” said Borkensha.