ALEXANDRIA: The signature event of the Alexandria Residents Action Group (ARAG) is the Alexandria Sunday Funday which is held annually at the end of March. We invite local businesses and community groups to participate in a fun day with a real village fair feel.
Each year, the event grows just a little larger and this year we are including a licensed area serving craft beer, which is a great addition. There is something for everyone – rides, jumping castles, petting zoos and face painting for the littlies, a marvellous dog event for our four-legged family members, a fabulous food selection, a trash and treasure market, and shopping opportunities for all!
Bring a picnic blanket and invite family and friends to come along and enjoy a day in the park. There truly is something for everyone!
This year, the Alexandria Sunday Funday is being held on March 29 in Alexandria Park from 11am to 3pm. ARAG will be donating takings from the barbecue to support NSW Fire Relief – supporting people and our native wildlife.
Please save the date and come and join in the fun!
ARAG is an active group run by resident volunteers, which aims to share information on issues affecting our neighbourhood so that residents are more informed and can take collective action. The group meets on the second Wednesday of month (excluding January) at the Alexandria Town Hall at 7pm.
The issues we cover include development, parking, traffic, transport, infrastructure and, of course, plans to improve our suburb. We invite interesting speakers and make the meeting as interactive as possible. It’s great to see people’s passion come alive!
There’s a lot happening in and around Alexandria – some great and some not so great. Alexandria’s excellent sense of community and its wonderful location means that we are a target for developers who have a strong profit motive, which is sometimes at odds with the neighbours.
We encourage residents to take a stance on issues that are important to them – including getting neighbours to band together to collaborate on submitting objections to some of the larger developments that seem to come our way on a regular basis. There are great examples of people sharing knowledge and information to get better outcomes and, in the process, getting to know their neighbours.
We advocate for Alexandria at local, state and federal levels and try to get our politicians to work with us to get better outcomes.
We work with Friends of Erskineville and REDWatch in hosting candidate forums for local, state and federal elections and this year, of course, we have the council elections for the City of Sydney which we are sure will be an interesting contest.
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For more information ARAG’s website www.arag.org.au or email info@arag.org.au
