For the first time outdoor cinema will be a summer entertainment option in the Hastings with five nights of free movies planned for later this month. Hastings Moonlight Movies will feature two screenings in Bain Park Wauchope and three screenings on Port Macquarie’s Town Green.
A concept developed by Member for Port Macquarie Peter Besseling and sponsored by Port Macquarie-Hastings Council, Country Energy and Newcastle Permanent Building Society the event is set to be a highlight of the summer for locals and tourists.
According to Andrew Roach, Port Macquarie-Hastings Council General Manager one of the aims for the event is to create business in the CBD of both towns.
“We obviously have a lot of tourists in the Hastings at this time of year and putting on a family friendly event in the centre of Port Macquarie and Wauchope creates a reason for people to support the restaurants, take-aways and other businesses in the CBD.
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Port Macquarie Panthers and Tooheys are thrilled to announce their partnering to present Renovate Your Community.
Six local community organisations will have the opportunity to be part of Renovate Your Community. The organisation who receives the most votes from the community will receive a $20,000 grant for their project. Applications for community organisations will be available online at www.portmacquarie.panthers.com.au or from Club reception from 15 January.
Applications will be received up until 15 February. These applications will be considered by the Renovate Your Community Committee consisting of Andrew Roach (Port Macquarie Hastings Council General Manager), Peter Besseling MP (Independent Member for Port Macquarie) and representatives from both Panthers and Tooheys.
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Port Macquarie-Hastings Council’s Customer Care Program has received national recognition with the Hastings being named the ‘Most Customer Focused’ region in Australia at last night’s prestigious Australian Service Excellence Awards held in Sydney.
National Award winners in the Customer Service Institute of Australia Awards (CSIA) must demonstrate high standards of management, training and commitment to excellence.
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council’s General Manager, Andrew Roach believes the award will provide a significant springboard for further success
“This national award indicates our businesses are outstanding in serving their customers. The Customer Care Program has more than 300 active members, all of whom are committed to high quality service. I would like to pay tribute to each of the accredited businesses who have invested in service excellence through the Customer Care Program,” said Mr Roach.
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The Port-Macquarie-Hastings region has been lauded as setting the benchmark for customer service following an assessment by Customer Service Institute of Australia (CSIA) judges this week, in the lead-up to the New South Wales finals of the Australian Service Excellence Awards.
A contingent of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council representatives including general manager Andrew Roach will travel to Sydney on October 22 to find out if the region is State leader for customer service.
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council’s Customer Care Program has been nominated as a NSW finalist in the 2009 Australian Service Excellence Awards.
An awards program initiated by the Customer Service Institute of Australia, Council’s entry is in the running for the top prize in the Local Government category. If successful, it will be the second time the Customer care program has won the prestigious accolade.
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RAN (the Residents Action Network) will hold its next Public Forum on Thursday 15th October at the Laurieton United Services Club (LUSC), beginning at 5.30pm.
The Administrator’s main theme will be: How can Council help prepare a suitably qualified field of candidates for the next Local Government election in 2012?
RAN (the Residents Action Network) is well aware of community anxiety in relation to our next elected council. Garry will talk about how Council plans to help prepare, inform and educate prospective candidates.
He will also talk about areas of the Local Government Act that he thinks may need some reform, and how he sees such reforms being achieved. This is a project RAN is keen to work on with the Administrator; openness, transparency and good governance being pivotal principles of RAN.
The Administrator will be happy to answer general questions from the floor, and will be ably assisted in this by Council’s General Manager, Andrew Roach, who has shown a keen interest in listening to the community.
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Port Macquarie-Hastings Council’s Glasshouse, Arts, Conference and Entertainment Centre has won a major building award at the Newcastle Master Builders Association Excellence in Building and Construction Awards.
The Glasshouse took out the award on Friday night for Commercial Project over $20 million. The award was presented to the builders, Hansen Yuncken.
Council’s General Manager Andrew Roach said, “With all the blood, sweat and tears that have been attributed to the Glasshouse, winning this major award is certainly well deserved.
“The judges recognised the state of the art building as being a building that will go a long way toward defining Port Macquarie through the 21st century,” Mr Roach said.
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