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With its towering silos, concrete buildings and cavernous hangers, a well known feature of the Heathcote Valley is the site of the old maltworks building.

Times are certainly changing though and the sounds of demolition must have been heard by many Heathcote Valley people.

Many of the buildings have now gone, and you can get a whole new view of our Valley Inn! With the help of cranes, wrecking balls, bulldozers and trucks, you can now see us from many new vantage points.

The Canterbury Malting Company shut long ago in 1999, and its buildings have slowly crumbled into a sorry state of disrepair.

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Swimming pool neededA decent aquatic facility is noticeably absent in the eastern parts of the city. A drive to a far off pool is about the best option.

It's really quite surprising really. What with canoeing on the river, windsurfing nearby, swimming at the beach and boating over in the harbour, there's water everywhere.

Our luck seemed to be changing in 2006, with a reference to a new pool on our side of town in the City Plan. That was back then. Now, the money to pay for our pool has been left out of the current draft. This has led to considerable concern in our community who feel the whole project is now in doubt.

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Village Hall project

By now we hope that most of the residents of the valley will have visited the Village Hall to admire the completed Stage One renovation work. If you haven’t, now that the days are longer and warmer, take a wander past and have a look in the windows.

Chances are there will be a group there as the hall is used on every week day, and they will no doubt be happy for you to take a look around. The new facility looks amazing and after a number of larger events, we know that the kitchen, with the updated oven and dishwasher, works exceptionally well. On these lovely warmer days most groups are also maximizing the use of the large deck. This is very good to see!

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River clean up needed.

[A long term resident of the valley has taken time out from building a chook house to comment on the state of our river. Reading through the problems, you will see how sad the situation is for our river. What a mess it is!]

Here are a few thoughts and groans about our river. It's been been getting worse for a long time and there are several reasons for this.

Starting with the headwaters, there are already problems for our river. New subdivisions are supposed to control sediment during and after construction but they are still having an effect however. The penalties imposed for this kind of breach are not deterring this outcome enough.

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