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Business View Oceania - January/February 2017

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ing areas throughout, and BBQ equip-

ment. The showground is now utilized

highly by the community as it is fully oc-

cupied every weekend and quite busy

during the week. Furthermore, there is

a community garden where each res-

ident can participate and grow veg-

etables and herbs. Overall, the pro-

ject had a very successful community

outcome which also won the Parks &

Leisure Australia NSW/ACT Regional

Awards as a play space.

Sports are also incredibly important

to the Council: “The Council sees itself

as a sporting city”. We are very proud

of the facilities that we provide, we are

always very keen to provide good facil-

ities for sports in the area. The Council

put together a program prior to the last

election for a range of upgrades in vari-

ous sports fields and amenity buildings

across the City. We are committed to

funding these projects over the next fi-

nancial year. It covers a range of differ-

ent sports including rugby, cricket, soc-

cer, netball, and baseball. The Council is

supporting all those different sports by

providing the best facilities we possibly

can. We are very committed to sports

and we have a major sports facility,

the Blacktown International Sportspark

where we themajority of state sports are

located, including the home for Western

City Wanderers”, Rudi says.

Significant plans for the

future

According to Rudi, the Council will