July 29, 2011Posted in: Other
Customer service
Wingecarribee Shire Council’s new website is set to be launched on Friday 1 July. Council’s General Manager Jason Gordon, said the more powerful website offered online customers numerous benefits. “We’ve built the new website with the intention of making information easier to find for our customers. “Consequently, our new site – or Online Customer Service...
July 29, 2011Posted in: Environment, Other
Recycling. Waste, Resource Recovery Centre
Wingecarribee Shire Council’s trial of the energy saving Fridge Buybackprogram is to end on 19 August. The trial, the first of its kind in rural NSW, is looking at the feasibility of bringing the Fridge Buyback program to more parts of rural and regional NSW. Under the Fridge Buyback program, eligible residents are entitled to...
July 27, 2011Posted in: Community
Funding and grants
Arts, culture, sporting, disability and children’s services are some of the regional community projects set to benefit from Wingecarribee Shire Council’s latest round of community grants. Sixty-three community projects totalling $96,878 were approved by Council earlier this month as part of the 2011/12 Wingecarribee Community Assistance Scheme. Projects that have been funded include: Pilot Project...
July 26, 2011Posted in: Community, Events
Burrawang, Community engagement, Info Kiosk
Wingecarribee Shire Council will be taking its office on the road and visiting the residents of Burrawang on Wednesday 3 August as part of its mobile roadshow. Council’s General Manager, Jason Gordon said the roadshow – or Information Kiosk – was an opportunity for residents to ask questions of Council without having to visit the...
July 26, 2011Posted in: Environment, Events
Bundanoon, Economic Development, Sustainability
The Bundanoon Club was the venue for a meeting of local businesses on Wednesday the 20 July for the launch of a new initiative, the Sustainable Futures Business Network. Funded by the NSW State Government’s Environmental Trust and supported by Wingecarribee Shire Council via its Environmental Levy, the evening offered an overview of the program...