THE BIGGEST BUSINESS EVENT TO HIT THE LITHGOW REGION!

The Lithgow District Chamber of Commerce is excited to be calling on all Lithgow region businesses and lifestyle, sporting, recreational and cultural services to be part of the biggest business event to ever be held in the Lithgow region!

This is the first business and lifestyle expo to be held in the region and the Chamber is proud to be able to give business and lifestyle organisations the opportunity to showcase their products and services at the Lithgow Region Business & Lifestyle Expo 2023.

The Expo is an opportunity for business owners and managers to come together, network, connect and create opportunities for collaboration. The Expo is also about increasing awareness of Lithgow regional products, services and lifestyle opportunities.

Chamber Vice-President and BLER funding program Director Steve Ring said, “The exhibition booth, furniture and promotions for the event, valued at $5,000 are being offered to Lithgow region businesses for a nominal cost of $100 to cover the cost of front display signage, which the Chamber wants to organise to keep Expo branding consistent”.

“This is a nominal cost given that the Chamber is planning a comprehensive marketing and communications campaign targeting Greater Sydney and some Regional NSW areas to attract 3000 – 5000 visitors over the weekend of 6 – 7 May. Sydney metro and Regional NSW advertising placement is targeted and expensive, but the Chamber is rolling up its sleeves and doing a lot of work to promote and support products and services from and in the Lithgow region.”

Most Expos charge between $5,000-$10,000 per business display. This is a huge cost for individual micro, small and even medium businesses. That’s why the Chamber submitted a grant for the BLER funding in the first place, to assist and revive local Lithgow region businesses after fires, floods and Covid 19 lockdowns, so that they could promote themselves on a large-scale level, but not have to pay a large bill.”

“The Expo is the biggest of our revival projects”, he said. “While the Black Rose Excellence in Business Awards were a successful celebration of our Lithgow region businesses, the Expo will go one step further and celebrate and promote business as well as our sporting, cultural, outdoor, educational, heritage and other aspects of Lithgow region’s lifestyle to the outside world. The Expo will be a microcosm of the entire community in the one place, for the world to see who and what we are, and the unique products, services and lifestyles we have on offer”.

Businesses will need to have an office, shop front or home-based office at a Lithgow region address to be able to participate in the Lithgow Region Business & Lifestyle Expo. Participating businesses and groups will need to bring their products, brochures, and banners, as required for their stall.

2 The Chamber anticipates that many businesses will come on board and is urging businesses to get in quickly as there are only 100 exhibition booths available. Bookings close Friday 31 March.

The Chamber is also requesting all participating businesses to send the Chamber a contact list of 10 business associates they work with from the Greater Sydney and Regional NSW areas, so that the Chamber can invite those businesses to the Expo over that weekend.

BOOK YOUR BUSINESS & LIFESTYLE DISPLAY ON THE CHAMBER WEBSITE – WWW.LITHGOW.ORG.AU

Mayoral Message

I am very excited to announce the Waste to Art Community Art Competition is back and the theme this year is Textiles!

Waste 2 Art is a FREE waste inspired art competition and exhibition sponsored by NetWaste and Lithgow City Council that celebrates the reuse and recycling of waste in the Lithgow/ Seven Valleys region. The focus of Waste 2 Art is to challenge the way we look at waste –and have fun producing creative and innovative ways to reuse, repurpose and upcycle materials that might otherwise end up in landfill. We have an exciting program of events, workshops and exhibitions coming up over the next few months, and would love to hear from local creatives, textiles artists and community groups interested in being part of the program.

Lithgow City Council has been studying the conditions of Browns Gap Road and have identified three hazards; a sinkhole, downslope tension and a joint/tension crack. The road embankment has been affected by the considerable rainfall across the city and the underground mine workings next to the road have threatened the stability of the road above. Council has been pushing for Subsidence Advisory NSW, a department of the NSW Government, to respond more quickly with their restoration works. Until these hazards are resolved, a road closure is the only method available to reduce risk to motorists to an acceptable level. The Council remains committed to re-opening the road.

There has been several water mains breaks in the LGA which have caused disruption. The largest was a mains break that was on the WaterNSW trunk supply line that required a large repair. Dirty water supplied by WaterNSW entered the Lithgow Council system. Council and WaterNSW worked together to rectify this issue through a large watermains flushing program and constant testing of water to Australian Drinking Water Guidelines. The Council took over supply of the full system last week and the treated, cleaner water from the Council’s Lithgow supply is across the network fully. Over this previous weekend Council has also been repairing mains break in the North East Portland area that caused outages over night with crews working from late in the night to the early hours of the morning to return service. Other breaks have occurred in the area such as in Caroline Avenue. Each of these breaks, including the WaterNSW supply line breakage, could have occurred for any number of reasons and do occur on watermains occasionally however Council’s twenty four hour/ seven day a week service is able to repair and maintain the system to ensure they are repaired in a timely matter.

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Reminder

The 3rd Instalment of Council rates are due for payment on 28 February 2023.

Lithgow City Council offer several options to make rates payments easier:

• Sign up to receive the Rates and Water notices electronically. Visit www.lithgow.enotices.com.au/

• Make direct debit payments by either bank account or credit card. Visit www.council.lithgow.com/directdebits/ to register.

Pay by one-off online payments. Visit www.council. lithgow.com/online-payments/ (have the account available to quote the reference number).

• Contact the friendly Customer Service team at Council on 6354 9999 for payment over the phone or to discuss different options.

Council can also help with tailored payment arrangements if a person is experiencing difficulty paying rates or water accounts.

On Exhibition

Council is inviting you to have your say on the following:

• Community land

• Proposed Road Naming - Carriers Arms Close and Ostler Place, Lidsdale

Should you require further information, please do not hesitate to contact Council on 6354 9999.

These documents will be available on council’s website and at the Council’s Administration Building during the exhibition period.

Submissions can be made either by letter or via email to council@lithgow.nsw.gov.au

Written submissions should be forwarded to: General Manger, Lithgow City Council, PO Box 19, LITHGOW NSW 2790

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