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Burnside celebrated Australia Day with a citizenship and awards ceremony in Hazelwood Park. Seventy eight people from 24 countries became Australian citizens. Mayor Anne Monceaux presented four Awards - see next story for details.

We are excited to bring you the first Burnside Highlights of 2022, and there's already lots to celebrate!

Summary:
✅ Kensington Wama/Kensington Gardens Reserve redevelopment project opens
✅ 78 new citizens from 24 countries welcomed on Australia Day, with Burnside Citizen of the Year Awards given to Amber Brock-Fabel, Linda Crutchett, Lions Club of Glenside and Des Munro
✅ Over $1m of federal funding for multiple projects including the redevelopment of the Penfold Park Playground and renovation of the Dulwich Community Centre
✅ Lions Club of Burnside new shed extension opening on Saturday 5 February.

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Do you love your veggie patch? If so, why not register it on Grow It Local? You can connect with local growers to learn and share knowledge, produce, recipes and more! This is a celebration of backyard, balcony, community and window-sill farmers across Australia, so why not get involved?

You can find out more about Grow It Local at https://www.growitlocal.com/

We are excited to announce the release of our 2022 Ballroom Series Program featuring a range of wonderful artists who will take you on a performance journey exploring diverse culture and your favourite music featuring big band and classical, through to space and movie themes and everything in between.

Bookings are essential for all performances.

View the Ballroom Series 2022 Program for the full line up, ticketing links and further information.

Full Program

Grants up to $5,000 are available. Applications close 5 pm Monday 28 March 2021. Categories are health and wellbeing, cultural diversity, social inclusion, climate change, resource effi­ciency, urban forestry, history, heritage, cultural and creative expression.

The new Library of Things is proving very popular. This cute cake was made by one of our borrowers – Emily – for her son’s 1^st birthday using the baking pan from the Library of Things.

If you haven't checked it out yet, pop into the Library.

Rosie enjoying a paddle on a hot day

The top 10 dog names of 2021 in the City of Burnside beat over 1000 names to claim the top spot. Charlie was the most popular dog name followed closely by Coco, Molly, Ruby, Bella, Alfie, Archie, Max, Rosie and Daisy.

Below is a list of almost 600 names in order of popularity. If you can't find your pup's name on the list, then it is unique, and yours is the only dog with that name in Burnside.

List of dog names in the City of Burnside by popularity:

The City of Burnside received confirmation today of Council's successful bid for $1,134,438 in funding as part of the Federal Government's Local Road and Community Infrastructure Program (LRCI) Stage 3. The funding has been received for four projects:

• Laurel Avenue Pirkurna Wirra / Peter Bennett Organic Community Garden Part 2
• Mount Barker Road Shared Cycling and Pedestrian Path
• Penfold Park Playground (increased scope)
• Dulwich Community Centre.

This program supports local councils to deliver priority local road and community infrastructure projects across Australia, supporting jobs and the resilience of local economies to help communities bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Laurel Avenue Pirkrna Wirra / Peter Bennett Organic Community Garden Part 2

A new community garden was designed in conjunction with the community in 2020/21, and constructed in 2021 using previous stages of LRCI funding. Since opening it has been very well received by residents.

In the first stage of construction, some works were not able to be undertaken, including additional irrigated garden beds to meet community demand, columns to support shade cloth, storage bays for mulch and soil, bike racks and a pergola. The LRCI funding will enable Council to install these items.

These additional items will ensure the garden is able to be enjoyed by all members of the community.

Mount Barker Road Shared Cycling and Pedestrian Path

This project will provide a safe and viable link for cyclists to ride between an established bicycle route currently terminating in Boucaut Street, Glen Osmond. The off-street path will link from Boucaut Street to Gill Terrace. A separate but related project will link this path to the Crafers Bikeway. The first part of this project was funded through LRCI Stage 2, therefore this funding allows the completion of this project in its entirety.

Penfold Park Playground (increased scope)

The Penfold Park Playground Upgrade will revitalise the play space by providing a variety of play opportunities including inclusive play, sensory play, cooperative play, independent play, imaginative play, musical play and tactile play.

Council plans to include a mix of off the shelf play items with a ninja obstacle course, musical instruments and garden areas with accessible pathways, seating and a shade sail covering a large part of the play area. We will also be providing elements such as a non-verbal communication sign and plenty of play opportunities for children and adults with a variety of skill levels and abilities to ensure the playground is inviting and fun for the whole community. The additional funding allows Council to increase its original scope and design providing a much improved play space for the community.

Dulwich Community Centre

The purpose of this project is to renovate and revitalise the much loved but ageing Dulwich Community Centre to ensure it is accessible, functional and usable for the broader community for many years to come.

Works will include demolishing and rebuilding the front of the centre, ensuring provision of facilities to make the centre suitable for a wide range of community uses. The works will also include making the building DDA compliant, providing accessible access, parking and toilet facilities, as well as improving the environmental performance of the site by installing solar panels and incorporating water sensitive urban design principles in the surrounding yard.

This poster shows the sale of allotments in the late 19th Century subdivision called Knoxville. Knoxville was a suburb within the City of Burnside that is now part of Glenunga and Glenside.

Part of the land was owned by Nathaniel A. Knox from circa 1840 to 1882 and rented out as farmland. In the 1880s, Knox subdivided the land and named it 'Knoxville', inspired by the American city in Tennessee, which was named after his relative Henry Knox. In the 1910s, the area was renamed Glenside and Glenunga.

Knoxville Real Estate Poster, 1892.

The Kensington Gardens Reserve Project, located in the Kensington Wama / Kensington Gardens Reserve, was officially opened by Mayor Anne Monceaux, Premier Steven Marshall and James Stephens MP this afternoon.

The project has completely revitalised the City of Burnside’s most popular recreational reserve and delivered a range of environmental, recreational, cultural, and economic benefits.

Council has worked very closely with Kaurna Traditional Owners to ensure best-practice cultural heritage management throughout the project and deliver a range of cultural heritage recognition initiatives, including a place of reflection and a cultural walk with interpretive signage and artwork.

The project represents the exciting start of Council’s journey towards reconciliation and has provided a platform to discuss, learn and experience hands-on Kaurna culture.

In addition to the obvious recreational and amenity benefits, the project has delivered substantial environmental improvements including:

• Improved stormwater quality runoff from the polluted urban Wattle Park catchment before it is discharged into the downstream Stonyfell Creek system.
• An extensive revegetation program with at least 40 new trees, 1,450 shrubs, over 4,300 groundcover species, 4,800 new biozone plantings, and over 10,000 new plants in the wetland.
• Improved local biodiversity, tree health, habitat, and riparian ecosystem and
• Opportunities for future harvesting and reuse of stormwater.

Thank you to our funding partners:

• $7.4 million total cost.
• $3 million from the Federal Government.
• $850,000 from the South Australian Government’s Open Space grant program.
• $215,904 from Green Adelaide’s 2019-20 Water Sustainability Grants scheme.
• $81,000 from Tennis SA / Tennis Australia.

A time capsule, built by members of The Shed on Conyngham Street was buried on site. Inside the capsule are drawings by students of the Kensington Gardens Preschool, items from the Burnside Historical Society, a recent newspaper and photographs of the Kensington Gardens Reserve project. The time capsule will be opened in the year 2072.

Mayor Anne Monceaux announced the winner of the 'Name the Yultu' competition is Narayan, 9, of Kensington Park, and a student at Pembroke.

The winning name is Anura.