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$2.8 million towers put to work THE MPNFL season is all set to start under lights. The newly installed light towers at Frankston Park will get a run when the ground hosts Pines and Frankston YCW in a blockbuster Round One clash. Frankston YCW confirmed the news on 21 January. “Tonight, after 12 months of planning, Pines Football Netball Club President Jeff Svigos, Frankston Dolphins Football Club CEO Adrian Lloyd and Stonecats
President Andrew Schneider finalised the agreement to play the first MPNFL game under the new lights at SkyBus Stadium,” the club said. The match will take place on 9 April. The lighting towers were installed at Frankston Park last year. The project was funded through $850,000 from the federal government, $650,000 from the state government, and $1.3 million from council ratepayers. Council touts the new lights as around nine times more powerful than
the previous lights. Illumination levels are expected to exceed 500 lux a maximum of six times a year, but the lights will be switched off by 10.30pm on those occasions (“Lights tower over Frankston oval”, The Times, 17/8/20). DOLPHINS CEO Adrian Lloyd oversees an agreement for Pines and Frankston YCW to open their season at Frankston Park. Picture: Supplied
MUSICIAN Simon Levick plays for Cr David Asker and Ginevra Hosking at the Norman Avenue shops, Frankston South. Picture: Supplied
Ratepayers to fund live tunes RATEPAYERS will help foot the cost for musicians to perform at outdoor dining venues. Council has contributed $40,000 to the initiative. Cr David Asker said “we’ve provided the funding (...) to support our Do It Outdoors campaign. The funds will go towards providing performers and entertainers at venues.” The Committee for Greater Frankston has “successfully applied via the state government for a $20,000 Victorian business chambers and trader organisation grant, which it is proudly contributing to bringing locals to our streets and diverse outdoor dining activations,” the lobby group’s CEO Ginevra Hosking says. “Outdoor dining is a great way to reconnect with friends and dine
alfresco-style among new and innovative dining installations. We encourage our community to get behind Frankston’s cafes, bars, restaurants and traders,” she said. Frankston musician Simon Levick said performing at outdoor venues this summer has been “fantastic”. “The new outdoor dining areas look awesome and have injected a sense of community into these spaces. I’ve also been able to involve my music students, which has been a huge opportunity for them,” he said. Scheduled events and participating businesses in council’s “Do It Outdoors” campaign can be found at discoverfrankston.com/doitoutdoors or at the Discover Frankston Facebook page.
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