Whittlesea council has received a submission proposing the Mill Park Community be renamed the Wendy Jenkins Community Centre.
Councils said that since the naming of the community centre, at 11 Mill Park Drive, Mill Park, in 1985, there have been long standing issues with members of the community confusing it with the Mill Park Community House located at 68 Mill Park Drive, Mill Park.
Ms Jenkins, was a Shire of Whittlesea councillor from 1980-1984 and was the shire’s first female councillor.
She received an Order of the Australian Medal for services to the Norparrin Centre and to Motor Neurone Disease Association of Victoria in 2004. The Norparrin Centre is located at 152 Mill Park Drive and was last year renamed the Mill Park Drive Children’s Centre.
Council is inviting public submissions on the proposal until 5pm on Thursday, April 14. Submissions be made by emailing civic.administration@whittlesea.vic.gov.au or posting them to to Governance Team, City of Whittlesea Locked Bag 1, Bundoora MDC 3083.
