An application to convert the old service station in Korumburra Main Street into a drive through bottle shop is coming to Council at the December Council meeting. There were six objections but the officer report is for recommending approval of the application.
The first of 120,000 travel vouchers will be available from Friday December 11th – helping families get out to regional Victoria for the summer and kickstarting the tourism recovery in all corners of regional Victoria. The vouchers will provide added incentive for Victorians to explore their beautiful back yard and support regional communities hard hit by bushfires, pandemic and other challenges this year.
The VicHealth grants team has announced the 460 individual organisations who have been offered a Reimagining Health grant to support their local community rebuild after the coronavirus pandemic. Sharing in over $3.9 million dollars in funding, these recipients will help support their community through locally-led and owned health solutions. The reciprients from South Gippsland area are shown here.
Eight visionary Councils in regional Victoria have come together to support their creative communities via a collaborative program ArtsACTION, launching 1 December 2020. ArtsACTION, facilitated by not-for-profit Jumpleads NFP, provides inspiration and professional development for artists and creatives to activate career pathways, broaden networks and build market reach. The free program offers a six-part email resource pack, Zoom workshops, and access to a growing supportive network. The workshops cover topics such as being market ready, working together effectively and digital communities.
Precious timber burned by last year’s bushfires will be saved from going to waste, through a program instigated from the Andrews Labor Government. The 2019-20 bushfires saw significant damage to softwood plantations and native forests in eastern Victoria, with more than 1.2 million hectares of public native forest estate burnt as well as 6,400 hectares of pine plantations in the North East.
2020 has seen us embrace a new vocabulary. We’ve become experts on “Reff rates” and “roadmaps” – on following the rules and sticking to restrictions. Week after week, change and change – we adapted, and readapted. But we did it, because it meant keeping our state safe. Until we have a vaccine – and even then, until we have a widely distributed vaccine – some aspects of these rules and restrictions must continue to be part of our reality. At the same time, and because of the efforts of every Victorian, we’re able to end this year with far fewer limits on what we can and can’t do.
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