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Exciting and fun craft workshops are now on offer Cobar Shire Council has received a Coun- held again this Sunday with mapmaking and try Arts Support Program (CASP) small bookbinding workshops to also be held grant to hold some exciting and fun craft throughout May, June and July. (See adverworkshops. tisement below.) The CASP program, administered by the Outback Arts Executive Director Jamie-Lea Regional Arts Development Organisations, Trindall said a variety of projects have been works in partnership with Outback Arts and funded through CASP including music festiCreate NSW to provide grants to support a vals, performance development and presentacreative and vibrant regional NSW arts scene. tion, creative skill workshops in painting, how Cobar Shire Council recently held their first to work with resin, public artwork and local papermaking workshop at the Cobar Railway history being captured in artistic displays. Station. “CASP is a significant investment directly A group of 16 were guided through the skills into our region,” Mrs Trindall said. of the papermaking process by workshop lead- “Each year we see exciting and inspiring community events funded by CASP.” er Daphne Jermyn. The participants went away with sheets of She said they aim to have a renewed focus on beautiful paper that they can use at home or in community connection through creative and cultural experiences in the recovery from the the mapmaking and bookbinding workshops. A second papermaking workshop will be past few years.
How would you like our CBD to look? A Draft Cobar CBD Master Plan and the challenges and opportunities of the Cobar Grand Precinct plan will go on public dis- CBD. play tomorrow with Cobar Shire Council They looked at Cobar’s attractors holisticalinviting residents to have their say in how ly and were asked by Council to review the Pictured is Joan Maiden concentrating as they think our CBD should look. current landscape and provide design advice, Council engaged professional services group to review the possible future use of the Grand she perfects the art of making paper at a GHD last year to develop a Master Plan for Hotel building and provide concept design recent workshop. ▪ Photo contributed the CBD, which included potential future use advice for a façade improvement of the CBD. for the vacant Grand Hotel building. The Draft Cobar CBD Master Plan is to go As part of the on-site consultation process on public display tomorrow and local residents with council, key stakeholders and various will have one month to make their submismembers of the community, GHD explored sions.
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Wednesday April 26, 2023 The Cobar Weekly Page 7
