COMMUNITY TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ADVERTORIAL
When it comes to improving our community’s health, Lendlease is more than happy to lend a hand. And, as the major sponsor of the Townsville Hospital Foundation’s Move It Festival, the construction company encourages you to do the same.
FROM LEFT: Lendlease Marketing Manager Pam Griffiths, Lendlease Regional Development Manager Simon Walker and Townsville Hospital Foundation General Manager Judy HigginsOlsen.
The countdown is on for the Move It Festival, to be held on the banks of Ross River at the Riverway Precinct on Sunday 29 April. Have you registered yet for the 1km, 5km or 10km run? With all proceeds going to the Townsville Hospital Foundation, there’s no better reason to get active. Construction company Lendlease couldn’t agree more and has come on board as the event’s Major Sponsor. “What we we love about the Move It Festival is it’s 100 per cent local, with all the money raised going back into supporting our community through the Townsville Hospital Foundation,” says Lendlease Regional Development Manager Simon Walker. “At Lendlease we have a variety of programs that focus on the health and wellbeing of our employees and that follows through to the communities we create too.” That’s why over 30 per cent of Lendlease’s Elliot Springs masterplan is reserved for open space. Covering 1654 hectares on
NEW LEASE OF LIFE both sides of the Bruce Highway (city side of Billabong Sanctuary), the residential community will be home to around 26,000 people by 2057. “On completion it’s going to be the size of Annandale, Aitkenvale, Mundingburra, Vincent and Gulliver combined,” Simon says. “You don’t usually have masterplanned communities of this magnitude in regional areas but Lendlease sees the growth potential in Townsville,” Simon says. “We believe in this town and are excited to have our first residents moving into Elliott Springs later this year.” So far, three stages have of land have been released to the public with the point of difference being the area’s 360-degree mountain views.
“The site is perched on elevated flat land,” Simon says. “Wherever you build you’ll be able to see stunning views of nearby Mount Jack, the Muntalunga Range and The Sisters Mountains, with Mount Stuart and Mount Elliot rising in the distance.” The site will also feature an extensive network of walking and cycling paths linking local parks, sporting fields, playgrounds and picnic and barbeque areas, as well as a ridge walk, super park and mountain bike tracks. Indeed, in the not-too-distant future, it will be the perfect place to host an event like the Move It Festival. “This year’s Move It Festival will follow a similar format to our previous Run Townsville events, while continuing to focus on a fun morning for the whole family,”
says General Manager of the Townsville Hospital Foundation, Judy Higgins-Olsen. “With 100 per cent of registration fees going to the Townsville Hospital Foundation, it’s great motivation to come along and Move It!” CONNECT NOW Register for the Move It Festival at www.thfoundation.org.au
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