Parkmore community meets for AGM
SANDTON – The Parkmore community met on 14 June to discuss the triumphs and concerns of their area.
The Parkmore Community Association (PCA) addressed the Parkmore community in Sandton on 14 June during its annual general meeting.
The association’s chairperson, Ismail Hendriks, opened up the meeting and said that he believes that Parkmore has made a lot of progress. He discussed a few of the successes such as the road closures and booms which have been set up in Parkhurst, the George Lea Park efforts which are ongoing, and progress with the Sandton Sports club. Hendriks highlighted that work still needs to be done with the sports club.
“We want to build a special place at Shandon Way Park and we want to make Parkmore more secure,” highlighted Hendriks.
He also believes that local businesses need to be developed in the community and said that he wanted to develop a caring community.
Deputy chairperson of association, Kate Wardle, also addressed numerous positives and negatives in the Parkmore community. “In terms of the people that I work with, Sifiso Msibi needs a special mention. After meeting a family that was living in George Lea Park, he went out of his way to organise this family a social worker.”
Wardle has done many projects with Msibi and she was very impressed by the caring work that he has done for the Parkmore community.
Wardle delved into a lot of details with regards to the work that has been done and still needs to be done on George Lea Park and she is aiming to erect fencing around the park. “We removed 92 cubic meters of rubbish out of George Lea Park with the use of our own money,” stressed Wardle.
Future plans for George Lea Park may even include converting it into an area for farming and Wardle has many ambitions for the area.
“The Johannesburg Roads Association has given us permission to install streetlights on 11th Street in Parkmore,” explained Wardle.
She was pleased to announce that most of Parkmore now has access to fibre optic, which is more efficient than conventional copper wiring in transmitting information.
Wardle is urging the community to become more proactive, especially in the reporting of issues such as potholes.
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