Heritage Accommodation North Adelaide

Jeffrey WHEARE,       Passionate about Adelaide’s Heritage, operating ‘Chichester Gardens Cottage’ as a bed & breakfast, promoting a tourist attraction. 

I will work with Council if elected as Lord Mayor and push Council for a policy change, where properties are compulsorily placed on the Adelaide City Council’s Heritage Register. 

I would push Council’s Heritage Advisors to provide plans and guidelines to the landowners, showing what would be acceptable development to a heritage building.

If elected, as Lord Mayor I will promote Adelaide to tourists and urge Council and Residents the inaugural 2010 ‘Chichester Gardens OctoberFest’ become an annual event. Promoting Adelaide’s secret gem North Adelaide for ALL to enjoy.

I will support development and still promote Adelaide’s heritage as a tourist attraction. I encourage all on the Adelaide Electoral Role to use your democratic right to vote for a Council that will work for you.

PLEASE VOTE     for      LORD MAYOR                 Jeffrey  WHEARE  

Jeffrey Wheare   

Spoke to the North Adelaide Society on Tuesday 19/10/10. Here are the highlights of that address; 

I am Lord Mayor candidate – Jeffrey Wheare.

I am standing for Heritage, Adelaide, and Tourism and in particular for North Adelaide. 

Development and Heritage can and should co-exist.

Not just façade-ism as it is at the former Balfours factory.

In Victoria Square a couple of years ago stood the magnificent old MTT building very similar to the nearby Torrens Building it was demolished to make way for an office tower.

If the tower had been built as apartments then the old MTT building could have been retained for shops attracting shoppers - and - it would have increased the population in the central market region.

·        I stand for development but not at the loss of our heritage. Developments of a high standard catering for all income levels.

·        I stand for increased city population and believe the population could comfortably be doubled to around 40,000. 

It concerns me that heritage has little or no value to the government.

·        At the Le Cornu site every piece of heritage has gone!   It is “Ground Zero”

·        The Historic Adelaide Oval has no value to the Government! There is a petition going around to prevent further development. I WISH IT WELL and I have signed that petition and I urge all to sign.

·        Personally, I believe the all weather stadium was Adelaide’s best option if Adelaide wants to put up another bid for the Commonwealth Games. And the Royal Adelaide Hospital should stay where Colonel Light put it in the North East Corner of Adelaide.

·        When is the last time any of you travelled on the “H” class heritage trams? They have not carried passengers in Adelaide since construction began the ‘South Road Overpass’ many months ago. I say they should run every weekday in Adelaide as the shuttle tram between South Terrace and West Terrace.

·        If it wasn’t for the reliability of the old “H’ Class trams there would not have been a tramline to extend.

 It concerns me both the Adelaide Council and the Government neglects North Adelaide.

·        When the Government extended the tramline 'North Adelaide' was not considered     WHY?                  Instead it went to Thebarton!

·        Every Tourist Attraction is over the river.

Tour Down Under, WOMAdelaide Adelaide Festival of Arts including Fringe City and Clipsal 500.

·        Residential North Adelaide does not want the Clipsal 500 roaring around its streets BUT why could not the Fringe be in North Adelaide and the Adelaide Festival over the river uniting Adelaide?

·        I recently conducted the inaugural ‘OctoberFest’ in Chichester Gardens ADELAIDE’S FIRST SUBDIVISION it was well received and I believe that should become an annual event organized by the Adelaide City Council. Guided tours around our heritage and promoting our restaurants and businesses in North Adelaide.

·        The tram should extend to North Adelaide and terminate at the parklands.

·        I am opposed to parking on the parklands but would support underground car parks in the parklands.

Finally, I believe there will need to be compromises between Council and The State Government BUT I strongly believe residential North Adelaide should remain the sole responsibility of Adelaide City Council.

We do not want any Major Developments in North Adelaide.

How many here support what is happening at the Le Cornu site? How many here are opposed to that Major Development in the Hart of North Adelaide?

·        If elected I will have to make compromises because I believe Council and Government need to work together. BUT I will always put a strong case for Adelaide.

·        I believe the Adelaide Oval should not be further developed and that an all weather stadium would be a benefit to Adelaide in any bid for the Commonwealth Games. But I will probably have to compromise.

·        I believe the Royal Adelaide Hospital should stay where Colonel Light wanted it. But I will probably have to compromise.

I urge all “PLEASE VOTE!”

Please vote for a Council that will work for YOU.

I believe a united Council will effectively have a more powerful message when dealing with local issues and be more convincing to the Government when it comes to planning and its guidelines and local maters.

Have  the Guidelines set down by Government with respect to the Le Cornu site fit the Adelaide Plan? Should development in Adelaide abide by the ‘Adelaide Plan’?

I ask PLEASE VOTE!