The town has a primary school, pre-school, two churches and a soccer club. A new community centre was recently constructed on the grounds of the school, in partnership with River Valley Church, and is used by the church and community groups, as well as the school. Pallotti College sits above Millgrove and can be hired for conferences and other group activities. A new CFA Station / Community Fire Refuge will be finished and opened by the end of 2015. There is a public bus that runs at least hourly on weekdays between 6am and 8.30pm, to Lilydale Railway Station and Chirnside Park Shopping Centre. One service in the morning and one in the afternoon divert through the town on school days and are open for public use. On Saturdays and Sundays, the service runs hourly and starts at 7.30am and 9am respectively. Taxi services are limited. Assets At the first workshop in August 2014, attendees their assets and showed the connections “mapped” between them. Listed below are other assets that attendees at the two workshops in 2014 value about Millgrove: Men’s Friendly Different Community Weekly Affordable working charm Hall bible study housing group Neighbours Healthy Picnic area Clean air Business Kids lifestyle at reserve opportunity Sharing Beautiful Rail Swimming Safe and caring environment in river place Football and Netball Maureen Community Mountain Friendly Birdlife Space Club (MRAG) spirit views people Open Authentic people, people, easy to get chatty, not on with judgmental Our skills (what we as individuals are good at) Teaching disability, aged, mental, counselling Building & fixing – Listener Motor mechanic Networking Metal construction Research Bricklayer
The town has a primary school, pre-school, two churches and a soccer club. A new community centre was recently constructed on the grounds of the school, in partnership with River Valley Church, and is used by the church and community groups, as well as the school. Pallotti College sits above Millgrove and can be hired for conferences and other group activities. A new CFA Station / Community Fire Refuge will be finished and opened by the end of 2015. There is a public bus that runs at least hourly on weekdays between 6am and 8.30pm, to Lilydale Railway Station and Chirnside Park Shopping Centre. One service in the morning and one in the afternoon divert through the town on school days and are open for public use. On Saturdays and Sundays, the service runs hourly and starts at 7.30am and 9am respectively. Taxi services are limited. Assets At the first workshop in August 2014, attendees “mapped” their assets and showed the connections between them. Listed below are other assets that attendees at the two workshops in 2014 value about Millgrove: Men’s working group Friendly Different charm Community Hall Weekly bible study Affordable housing Neighbours Healthy lifestyle Picnic area at reserve Clean air Business opportunity Kids Football and Netball Club Sharing and caring Beautiful environment Rail Swimming in river Safe place Maureen (MRAG) Community spirit Mountain views Friendly people Birdlife Space Open people, easy to get on with Authentic people, chatty, not judgmental Our skills (what we as individuals are good at) Teaching – disability, aged, mental, counselling Building & fixing Listener Motor mechanic Networking Metal construction Research Bricklayer
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