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| Chamber Board Update | ||
Chamber Board meetings are held every month. At its last meeting on 31 March the following businesses were welcomed as Members:
The Retail Sub-Committee reported that the Retail Policy Plan is currently going through Council and expect it to be finalised by 2010. The Industrial sub-Committee is concentrating in the zoning of industrial land, including the Sancrox area. The industrial region of port Macquarie will need an additional 84 hectares or more of additional industrial land over the life of the mid-north coast regional strategy – also see Issue 51 to cater for additional growth. A recent media release by the chamber says the future of commerce in the region looks promising. Click here to view media release. |
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Membership of Committees is not limited to Chamber members |
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If you are interested in joining please contact Hadyn Oriti via email at executive@portchamber.com.au or call (02) 6583 4412.
The next board meeting will be held Tuesday 28 April 2009. |
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| 2009 Membership – Port Macquarie Chamber of Commerce | ||
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You are welcome to take up full membership. For further information please contact Kerry Robinson at info@portchamber.com.au or (02) 6583 4412.
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| Council matters | ||
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Members of the Chamber Executive are meeting with the Administrator later this week. It is intended to address a number of current issues and develop a framework for future communications with Council. The next information night will have both Matt Rogers and Trevor Sargeant attend to tell us what is happening with the council’s industrial land strategy and economic development initiatives. Further details of the upcoming information night will be sent out soon.
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| Settlement City | ||
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Members of the Chamber’s executive have recently met with representatives of ING about the proposals for its site at Settlement City. The Chamber has made it clear that its CBD Policy will guide consideration and comments on any proposal. The Chamber wishes to ensure the CBD remains a vital and vibrant retailing and commercial location, preserving its sense of place, because that is critical to Port Macquarie’s prosperity.
For those interested, the Chamber’s CBD Policy can be viewed here. |
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| Retailers Sub Committee | ||
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The Chamber wants to re-invigorate the Retail Sub-Committee.
An issue relevant to the Chamber’s CBD Policy and council retail policy is the recently released consultation draft of the NSW Department of Planning “Draft Centres Policy, Planning for retail and commercial development”. The draft policy provides a planning framework for the development of new and existing retail and commercial centres in NSW. The policy is based on six principles:
Anyone wishing to join the committee, assist in this process or make a comment on the draft policy should contact the executive officer on executive@portchamber.com.au |
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| Tourism Campaign | ||
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noleavenolife.com
Attention: All Tourism operators on the Mid-North Coast A national campaign by the Federal government noleavenolife.com encouraging people to convert accrued or ‘stockpiled’ leave into time off at an Australian tourist destination is underway in the Mid-North Coast. The campaign concentrates on providing recession buster working family holiday packages in conjunction with local businesses willing to provide discount deals from May 1 to September 30, 2009 Tourism Australia is targeting Australian workers with a $1.6M advertising campaign urging Australian families to use up their 123 million days of accrued holiday leave. In addition, as of next week, 8.7M Australians will receive up to $900 as part of the government’s stimulus package and no doubt local businesses would love as much of that money spent on the Mid-North Coast as possible. Entitled “No Leave No Life", www.noleavenolife.com the campaign concentrates on providing recession buster working family holiday packages in conjunction with local businesses willing to provide a discount. A “tool kit” will be distributed among employers with marketing material for the workplace which will encourage employees to take leave and help boost the national economy. For this campaign to gain momentum, discounts would need to be either 10-15% or above. Employees would then verify through their employers on company letterhead that they are taking holidays for this purpose. It may be the case that around 6,000 people in the local government area could each have in excess of 25 days leave. From a prudential and governance perspective, staff who never take leave are a worry. People simply need time out away from work to re-charge and taking leave is important from that perspective. Not only does this initiative support good business practice, but it will help support domestic tourism and Port Macquarie stands ready to benefit. Port Macquarie is a great tourism destination all year round and a program like this is always welcome. The Chamber and BEC has been asked to collect a list of interested tourism operators or businesses that are willing to participate. Please email executive@portchamber.com.au or contact: Michael Chappell, Office of Robert Oakeshott MP, Federal Member for Lyne, 02 6584 2911 ph, 02 6584 2922 fax michael.chappell@aph.gov.au or visit: noleavenolife.com |
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| Member Profile | ||
The Wiggly Tail Pork Shop & Butchery is a new member of the Port Macquarie Chamber of Commerce and has been an institution for customers of quality meats in the Hastings for over 60 years. From its beginnings as a specialty pork shop in Laurieton in 1948, Wiggly Tail has grown into a full service butcher with shops in North Haven, Port Macquarie as well as the original store. They also provide a new refrigerated Home Delivery Service. Wiggly Tail locations:
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| Word Of Mouth Marketing Workshop – 20 May | ||
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The Word Of Mouth Company is excited to announce its one-day workshop in Port Macquarie this May. The workshop will provide small business owners with practical ways to implement and run word of mouth marketing strategies for their own businesses.
Vicki Foster and Jo Schultz - Directors of The Word Of Mouth Company will be facilitating the workshop. Find out:
Time : 9am to 5pm Venue: Rydges Resort, Port Macquarie Cost : $395 OR $370 - BEC member rate Please note, seats are limited and bookings will be taken on a first in first served basis. For bookings or further information please contact Kirsty kirstyporter@wordofmouthco.com.au or click here for more information. |
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| Chamber Board | ||
| Robert Turner (President) | Kellon Beard | Rosalind Blandford | Peter Buckland | Bob Gillroy | Janette Hyde | Daniel Jordan | Peter Leicht | Bill Linney | Peter Newman | Anthony Wilson | Geoff Woodham | ||
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