{"id":2417,"date":"2014-12-09T02:20:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T02:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artarmonvillage.goodthingshappen.com.au\/?p=2417"},"modified":"2023-08-30T01:06:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T01:06:12","slug":"december-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artarmonvillage.com.au\/?p=2417","title":{"rendered":"December 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2417\" class=\"elementor elementor-2417\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-304b131 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"304b131\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a46875b\" data-id=\"a46875b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68b2a4a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"68b2a4a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8540d9a\" data-id=\"8540d9a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82fc6cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"82fc6cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 14-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">December 2014<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f92fb68 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"f92fb68\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-00c3042\" data-id=\"00c3042\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b26c820 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b26c820\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 14-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Artarmon Village Established to Boost Local Retail by Nick Logan<\/p><p>Artarmon Village was created in 2014 as a means to facilitate collaboration between businesspeople, to engage residents and landlords to promote community spirit and position Hampden Road and Wilkes Avenue as a vibrant, friendly shopping precinct.<\/p><p>Over the course of the first year six sub committees evolved to target six priorities including;<\/p><ul><li>Events &amp; Activities<\/li><li>Development and Tenancy Reporting<\/li><li>Streetscape Rejuvenation<\/li><li>Social Media &amp; Marketing<\/li><li>Lease Benchmarking<\/li><li>Meeting Facilitation<\/li><\/ul><p>Artarmon Village recently recruited a committee of local business people who have agreed to attend monthly meetings to decide the future goals of the organisation and facilitate its projects. The current committee includes:<\/p><p>\u2022 Sunny Cheung \u2013 Artarmon Newsagent<\/p><p>\u2022 Ross Dickson \u2013 HOW Hair<\/p><p>\u2022 Felicity Simpson \u2013 Art On Skin<\/p><p>\u2022 Mat Smallwood \u2013 Bakers Delight Artarmon<\/p><p>\u2022 Jeremy Ong \u2013 Laing and Simmons Artarmon<\/p><p>\u2022 Richard Thompson \u2013 Artarmon Vision Specialists<\/p><p>\u2022 Nick Logan \u2013 Nick Logan Pharmacist Advice.<\/p><p>The committee\u2019s first decision was to become incorporated to give the group some autonomy and allow us to have a bank account and action projects in a reasonable time frame. It means a framework will be established for ongoing evolution of the organization.<\/p><p>The incorporation of Artarmon Village is being handled pro bono by the magnificent staff of Associations Forum led by John Peacock, and their involvement in the establishment of Artarmon Village has been essential to its success. Please remember that all efforts made by Artarmon Village on behalf of the Artarmon community are entirely voluntary. Please support the businesses which put their hand up and participate in the reinforcement and celebration of our shopping village. \u2018Like\u2019 us on Facebook for future events, deals and offers.<\/p><p>Update on Art on Skin by Helena Ho<\/p><p>Over the past two issues of the Gazette we reported on the opening of Felicity \u2018Flick\u2019 Simpson\u2019s Art on Skin tattoo parlour amid much community concern. So how has the business \u2013 which has been open since August \u2013 actually fared?<\/p><p>\u2018I\u2019ve been doing lots of tattoos and consultations, cover up jobs, large rib pieces and ongoing work,\u2019 Flick says. \u2018Business is going well.\u2019 The development application took a year to gain approval, with strict conditions from Willoughby Council and apprehension among parts of the Artarmon Community. The concerns voiced included potential health and safety risks, as well as the attraction of socially undesirable clientele.<\/p><p>For months, building owners and surrounding neighbours questioned the nature of Flick\u2019s tattoo business. Greg Woodhams, the Environmental Services Director of Willoughby City Council, believes that any new business may enliven Artarmon by providing a new range of services. \u2018They are providing a service that is not well provided, and in this particular case, this is a service that I understand is being frequented by many clients,\u2019 he says. Mr Woodhams confirmed that earlier in the year, Willoughby City Council received many responses opposing Flick\u2019s development application, but that there were no more complaints from residents or businesses since the parlour opened last August.<\/p><p>\u2018This says that the business is being well run by the owner and the conditions of consent are working effectively to manage any of the issues that we foresaw or were raised in objection,\u2019 he says. Flick is also happy to be accepted as part of the Artarmon Village. \u2018There\u2019s been no backlash since I\u2019ve opened &#8211; even some of the people who wrote letters of protest have congratulated me and wished me luck,\u2019 she beams.<\/p><p>Artarmon Village holds successful Night Market by Nick Logan<\/p><p>The inaugural Artarmon Village Night Market held during the Willoughby Spring Festival in September 2014 has been hailed as a massive success by attendees and stall holders alike. Artarmon Progress Association (APA) was instrumental in securing a seeding grant from Willoughby City Council for the markets and generously handled all the financial logistics. Artarmon Village wanted to test if the community wanted outdoor, night-time market events and Artarmon clearly voted with their feet as a crowd of 2000+ descended on Wilkes Avenue and the Village Green on a Friday night.<\/p><p>The event was made possible by months of tireless work by Christine Kelley (APA) and Ross Dickson (HOW Hair) and their efforts were rewarded in kind by the brilliant and tangible community spirit on the night. The markets showcased the extensive talents of the kids from our world-class school, Artarmon Public School, as well as young local musicians, dancers and hula-hoopers.<\/p><p>VIP guests Mayor Gail Giles-Gidney and MP Gladys Berejiklian were astounded by the enthusiasm of our residents to get together and celebrate our community. Stallholders, who took a risk securing a stall for this inaugural event, were delighted by the opportunity to interact with thousands of locals in such a festival atmosphere. A special thanks must be made to the local business heroes who sponsored the event from the outset and without hesitation. It is their trust in and respect for the Artarmon community that makes them so valuable to our suburb. The pressure and time required to stage an event like this means that the fledgling Artarmon Village cannot do it weekly or even monthly, but the success of this events means that it will probably be run at least twice a year. Artarmon Village would like to thank every single person who attended, including the performers, volunteers and stall holders.<strong> It\u2019s why we love Artarmon!<\/strong><\/p><p><em><strong>&#8220;This is the Artarmon Village section of the Artarmon Gazette. To read the full copy of the Gazette please click\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/artarmonprogress.org.au\/gazette\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>&#8220;<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 2014 Artarmon Village Established to Boost Local Retail by Nick Logan Artarmon Village was created in 2014 as a means to facilitate collaboration between businesspeople, to engage residents and &#8230; <a title=\"December 2014\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artarmonvillage.com.au\/?p=2417\" aria-label=\"More on December 2014\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artarmonvillage.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artarmonvillage.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artarmonvillage.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artarmonvillage.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artarmonvillage.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2417"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.artarmonvillage.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2988,"href":"https:\/\/www.artarmonvillage.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417\/revisions\/2988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artarmonvillage.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artarmonvillage.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artarmonvillage.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artarmonvillage.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}