Kia ora and hello to ICW's financial members.
 Thank you so much for your support over the year. Your annual membership helps us to share what's happening in 'our patch' (Te Aro and Wellington Central) with you and the over 17,000 people who are now calling it home.
You have also helped us to have inner-city focused conversations with residents, Council teams and local community organisations and to contribute to engagement opportunities and submissions.
We couldn't (and can't) do it without you.
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Our Annual General Meeting is coming up!
We are an Incorporated Society so that means we hold an AGM each year so that we can report to you - our members - about what we have been doing over the year.
Please come along
 Here's the information for you to put into your calendar:
- Date: Thursday, 29 June 2023
- Time: 6:30 pm until 7:30 pm
- Location: St Peter's on Willis Garden Room
211 Willis Street (entrance off Ghuznee Street) Wellington,
We'll be sending you the agenda very soon and an RSVP form (and we'll put the information up on the website too).
But here's a teaser ... there'll be some great news from local car-sharing company Mevo to share with you.
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Updates for members
Something we want to do this year is to provide you with updates as financial members. We hope we've kept you in the loop through our regular news items on our website and Facebook page, and through our eNewsletters - but we will aim to do some summary eNewsletter updates for you too.
So here's a start.
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ICW working with the Pōneke Promise team
2022-23 Update
During 2022 and 2023 changes to Covid-19 restrictions enabled us to meet more regularly again with the Pōneke Promise team and separately with the City Safety team.
In 2023, these have become a combined meeting, and we meet every 4 to 6 weeks.
In preparation for two of our recent meetings we ran two surveys with local residents to gauge how they were feeling about the inner-city. That enabled us to directly raise questions and concerns relating to matters such as:
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the look and feel of Courtenay Place
for example: issues such as graffiti, general litter, grubby pavements, broken rubbish bins;
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inner-city safety
for example: issues such as dark areas, closed neglected shops fronts, rough sleepers, local thefts and incidents;
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the continuing impact of the closed Reading Centre
for example: wanting progress information about the closed Reading Centre and its car park. Residents shared that the Centre was once a family-friendly space which also offered a no-alcohol, under-cover space enjoyed by school students and families with children. The recent closure of McDonalds in the Centre has added to the sense of decline and lack of care about a once vibrant Courtenay Place.
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We believe the contribution of your feedback - which we summarised and graphed anonymously so that we could share it - has helped to inform some recent Council team activities. However we know much more needs to be done and we will continue to make these meetings, and providing your feedback, a priority.
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Recent Pōneke Promise information
The Pōneke Promise team delivered a two-year review report to Councillors on Tuesday 30 May.
And, here are some recent documents provided by the Pōneke Promise team.
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Your feedback
We are keen to hear what you think about the inner-city - the good and perhaps not so good too - so that we can bring your feedback to the meetings. (They will remain anonymous.)
 For example, what are your thoughts about the recent improvement to the Te Aro Park area with its wider pavements and the removal of the toilet block - what difference if any has it made for you?
And what do you think about the look and feel of the inner-city - for example Courtenay Place, Manners Street, Cuba Street etc - and what suggestions do you have that the Council's teams and/or the community could consider?
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