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This website is dedicated to the recovery of St Albans and its city, Christchurch following a devastating series of earthquakes in 2010 and 2011. This service by the St Albans Residents’ Association (SARA) offers relevant local information. If you are from an organisation or a business and have essential information you would like to share with the community, then please get in touch by email to sara@stalbans.gen.nz and we will endeavour to publish it here.Translations
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St Albans Hill? Maybe the future St Albans could be a ski resort?
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Families that Eat Together, Stay Healthy Together
.Research shows that eating family meals together helps kids to develop a lifetime of good eating habits It’s dinnertime and your family is all over the place. With so many commitments, it can be a challenge for families to eat … Continue reading
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the TEDxEQChCh salon.
This event is entirely casual: a small cover charge, cash bar and food, a selection of carefully curated TED videos, and an opportunity to come back together as a community of open, curious, engaged people. Here are the details:
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Winter in St Albans
25 July 2011: An early morning encounter at Abberley Park – with a carrot directly from Fresh Choice! Photo: Helen Ross
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CERA for dummies
Ever wondered how CERA works? Here is a good introduction, written by Rachel Dunningham. http://itsourcity.org.nz/content/cera-for-dummies
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Video Recording of the demolition of the Community Centre
A local resident, Dafyd, made a video recording of the event, which can be viewed on Youtube.
The Press: Residents hope for centre’s replacement
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake-2011/5317936/Residents-hope-for-centres-replacement by NICOLE MATHEWSON A Christchurch residents group hopes its popular community centre will be rebuilt. Demolition work on the earthquake-damaged St Albans community centre is expected to begin this week. The former St Albans Library had been managed … Continue reading
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The end of a beloved old building finally came today
At 4.42pm today the digger streched out his arm for one final time, and 20 seconds later it was all over … 4.42.07pm: Then there was a final pull … 4.42.14 pm: Slowly, but inevitably the remaining facade … Continue reading
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St Albans has a representative on the CERA Community Forum
Hi everyone. I have been appointed a member of the CERA Community Forum. I am representing the St Albans Community and was nominated by the St Albans Residents Association (SARA). The intention of the Residents’ Association is to play a … Continue reading
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Free Public Earthquake Lecture Series
The University of Canterbury is to hold a series of free public lectures which will consider the geological, engineering and psychological aspects of the recent earthquakes. The series will run between 27 July and 31 August. The lectures will be … Continue reading
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Gap Filler project #7
A public book exchange. The ‘Think Differently’ book exchange is an old double-glass door fridge that used to belong to the Take Away shop on my street. It will be full of books gifted by people like you, books that made … Continue reading
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A sign of hope?
Here’s to rebuilding on all levels, Cheers, Helen
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