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the Lower North Shore frequently hold
strategic planning days, workshops,
AGMs, conferences, and end-of-year
cocktails at the Northside Conference
Centre.
On the community side of things, the
venue hosts groups like AA, Legacy,
Meditation, Mothers & Seniors meet-
ings, and more. Patricia and her team
do everything they can to accommo-
date the budget of such organisations
so that no one is left out. Furthermore,
they recognize a number of charities
each year and offer huge discounts.
Organisations like AA and the Leu-
kaemia Foundation who truly do great
work for the community have a profes-
sional and approachable venue to con-
duct meetings and conferences with-
out spending exorbitant amounts of
money.
“It’s a five-star venue. To be able to
offer that to a very worth community
not-for-profit organisation is one of the
best things about what we do here. We
can bless them with a venue that they
would otherwise not have been able
to afford. We are trying to work with
their budget and make recommenda-
tions, whether they are corporate or
non-profit. The core of what we do is to
build the community, to help the great-