04/2012
The Tecoma Village Action Group (TVAG) is one of many Township Groups throughout the Dandenong Ranges working to make their township a better place to live and work. TVAG is a member of the Shire of Yarra Ranges Townships Network. More
About Us
Interested in the future of Tecoma? Would you like to help with improving life in the Hills? Need help or advice pertaining to a development proposal?
Please contact our Membership Secretary
As part of the campaign against McDonald’s we would like to get across to this company the level of disdain that the Hills Community has of their persistence. The Community was quite clear, by the over 1100 voices against their proposal and the resultant unanimous vote by our Councillors in rejecting their application, that we do not want their store in the Dandenong Ranges. Still they won’t listen.
To ensure that McDonald’s understands the ramifications of not listening to our Community, we ask everyone to download this Pledge, sign it and get as many others to sign it as well. Please mail signed sheets (doesn’t matter how many signatures you have, just as many as you can collect) to us at:
TVAG
P.O. Box 448
Boronia, Vic, 3155
Pledge
TVAG is the custodian of the Community Geographical Domain Name of tecoma.vic.au and is looking for assistance in getting Community information onto this website.
This information is to assists existing and new residents as to facilities, clubs and businesses in the area; as a place for businesses to make contact with the Community; and as a place for visitors to go where they can discover information about Tecoma and what our township has to offer.
Go to http://tecoma.vic.au
Here are a couple of examples of what other townships have done -
tecoma.vic.au
No Maccas In The Hills is an open coalition of individuals, and members of the Tecoma Village Action Group Inc, who have a single goal of defeating McDonald’s application in VCAT for an outlet in Tecoma - or anywhere else in our precious Dandenong Ranges. It is hoped that this coalition with the help of more volunteers will enable TVAG to continue our wider community work through our other projects.
Do you have any contacts on whom you can call to challenge McDonald’s expert witnesses? Perhaps you can put the word around your circles to draw in the people we need? We are particularly in need of experts in:
Architecture and Urban Design
Town Planning
Traffic and Transport
Health & Community Wellbeing
Market & Tourism
Acoustics
Lighting
Sociology
Media Relations
Environmental impacts
We need to counter the expert witnesses McDonald’s have employed. Unless challenged, VCAT will have little choice but to accept their findings on face value. For instance, McDonald’s traffic consultant has concluded that there will be no significant traffic problems arising from their proposal, even though we already know the location to be a notorious bottleneck. And, believe it or not, this consultant made no mention at all of McNicol Road, the busiest local road in Tecoma and closest intersection to the site.
You can guess what the other expert witnesses have concluded in their respective fields. McDonald’s have a massive war chest to fund this sort of thing, whereas the community is selling blocks of chocolate and $2 badges to cover expenses.
If we can bolster our case with a few more experts we feel confident we can defeat McDonald’s and save not only Tecoma but our beautiful Dandenong Ranges. Please help us find those experts we need who will freely offer their services, or at least offer a discounted rate.
If you reply via email with any suggestions or leads, we will immediately respond. If you think you can help, please contact us or email nomaccas2012@gmail.com. Thank You.
Call for Experts
