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Meeting Tonight On How To Uplift Nowra

Thursday, 14 June 2012 01:41

junction and berry streets nowra Shoalhaven Council is hosting a workshop tonight (thu) to discuss how the city can attract more investment in the Nowra CBD.

Developers, business people and local residents are invited to attend the Development Economics Workshop at the administrative centre in Nowra from 5.30pm.

Consultants AEC Group have been hired to conduct an independent analysis of council's development policies to determine whether they are barriers to investment and further enhancement of the central business district.

junction street nowra early days Deputy Mayor, Clr Andrew Guile says the results will help identify council's future direction

 

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A Year 12 student from Nowra Christian School has been accepted for work experience with NASA at the International Space Camp in Alabama. Seventeen year old Aimee Parsons from Culburra applied for the exclusive scholarship in January and much to her surprise was selected as one of two Australian representatives. Thirty two students from across the world will begin the camp from the 19th July, which runs for a week and covers many elements of Astronaut training. With aspirations to become a pilot or aeronautical engineer Aimee has also been accepted into the Defence Force Academy  next year. Aimee says she cant wait... Read more

Safety Warning After Serious Farm Accident

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A serious accident west of Marulan has prompted a warning from Work Cover for more care to be taken on farming properties. A 38 year old grazier has suffered serious arm injuries after being crushed by the tray of a tip truck after it unloaded 20 tonnes of fertiliser on a property at Taralga. General Manager of Workcover's Work Health and Safety division John Watson says the accident was  completely avoidable. Mr Watson says the worker was completing paper work and did not see the hoist coming down. Read more

Council Tells Maccas To Lift Design Standards For MV Store

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Wingecarribee Council has penned an 8 page letter to the world biggest fast food outlet telling executives it does not think much of the appearance of its proposed outlet in Moss Vale. Mc Donalds wants to develop the family restaurant on the site of an old car yard beside the Illawarra Highway and Bowral Moss Vale Road roundabout. An application for the development was lodged almost a year ago, but council has told the company its design plans are not of a standard it would expect for a ' gateway ' site into Moss Vale. Council has suggested the company consider using locally... Read more

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