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Awards aim to celebrate best businesses FRANKSTON’S newly re-established business chamber is hosting an awards night to recognise the best of local businesses. The Frankston Business Collective was launched last July. It says its awards will “recognise excellence among businesses and also showcase businesses and operators who offer their customers and communities excellence in all that they do.”
Nominees for the awards will be asked what makes their business unique, and what they implemented to address challenges that had come up in the last 12 months. Entries of award nominations will open in March and close in June. The awards will be presented in October. Frankston Council agreed to spend $200,000 establishing the business chamber in 2021, however it is run
independently of council. For more information about the awards visit frankstonbusinesscollective.com.au/business-excellenceawards-2023/ THE mayor Nathan Conroy speaks at the Frankston Business Collective launch event last year. Picture: Supplied
Grant for bay protection DUNKLEY MP Peta Murphy opens the new Woodleigh School building with principal David Baker and board chair Vanessa Gabriel. Picture: Supplied
School project done NEW $2 million facilities at Woodleigh School in Langwarrin South have been officially opened. The funding was used to build three classrooms for secondary students, a staff office, a meeting room, a student common room, and an outdoor pavilion. The new learning spaces were first used last year. The project was funded through the federal government’s capital grants program. Dunkley MP Peta Murphy visited the school last week to attend the official opening event. “These new facilities will provide school staff, teachers and students at Woodleigh School with better, more modern spaces in which to work, teach and learn,” she said. “The Australian government is committed to providing all schools with appropriate funding so that all students, including those in Woodleigh School Baxter, get the best possible education. “The teachers, staff and students at Woodleigh School have built a strong and positive school community and these new facilities will further enhance our local educational opportunities. Our government strongly believes in providing the best possible resources so that local students can realise their potential and develop the skills they need to go on to further study or to find a job.”
THE state government is offering $1.4 million in grants to community groups and organisations who help protect Port Phillip. Grants of up to $100,000 are available for large-scale projects which will protect the bay. Up to $25,000 is on offer for smaller projects. Community groups, non-government organisations, research institutes, councils, schools, and youth groups are eligible to apply. A statement from the state government’s Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action read “Port Phillip Bay faces a range of environmental pressures including the impacts of climate change and pollution, and these grants are open to groups who are tackling these critical issues. These grants support community groups in their important work to protect the beautiful environment and precious ecosystems of Port Phillip Bay now and into the future.” “The bay’s diverse habitats, including sea grass meadows, rocky reefs and sandy beaches, provide essential breeding and nursery grounds for many species of marine wildlife. “Projects previously funded by these grants include an initiative to train divers to carry out underwater weeding of invasive kelp, and a project to restore marginal farmland back to coastal wetlands at Swan Bay.” Grant applications are open until 4 April. Visit marineandcoasts.vic.gov. au/grants/port-phillip-bay-fund to read more and apply.
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Frankston Times
7 March 2023