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School building gets its first major upgrade By David Lee IT’S one of the original buildings erected at Gowrie Street Primary School and once housed the staff room as well as various levels of students over the years, but the 60 year old ‘light timber construction’ building has just begun to get its first major upgrade since being built. The upgrades, which have come about after the school received $200,000 from the Department of Education will include restumping of the building, the removal of mould and asbestos, repair of water damage in the roof and replacement of the roofing and carpets, as well as the completion of some joinery work. Continued on page 22
$53M new Bunnings in sight BIG MOVE TO BOOST LOCAL ECONOMY… Bunnings Warehouse Shepparton Operations Manager, Deb Thompson at the new $53M Bunnings Warehouse site on Benalla Road next to Shepparton Marketplace. The all new building will bring a boost to the local economy during construction and once completed, will see an extra 60 jobs created. Photo: David Lee.
Boost to local economy, bigger site and extra jobs By David Lee CLEARING works have resumed at the site planned for a new $53M Bunnings Warehouse, which is set to see the popular local hardware superstore double in size, providing the community with an economic boost during its construction and once completed, will see the creation of 60 extra jobs. The new building, which is earmarked for 90-92 Benalla Road, is expected to employ 190 staff members, 60 more than the current store thanks to the store doubling in size to 19,400 square metres.
The increased size will house the main warehouse, a larger indoor timber trade sales area, building materials and larger landscape supplies yard and outdoor nursery, as well as an indoor playground, café and parking for over 410 cars. In line with Bunnings’ commitment to sustainability the new Bunnings Warehouse Shepparton will implement a number of energy and water saving design features, including energy efficient fluorescent and LED lighting as well as rainwater harvesting tanks. Continued on page 18