*Image above shows the damaged asset prior to being demolished.

Central Coast Council is inviting the community to provide feedback on the proposed location and concept design for a new centrally located Regional Animal Care Facility at Mardi.

I’d like to thank everyone who stopped by for a chat with me at the Australia Day community event in Leagues Club Park, Gosford last week, where I hosted a pop-up stall to hear from members of our community.  I really enjoyed hearing the perspectives of many residents and visitors who came by the Council tent, where our discussions ranged from the event itself, to thoughts on the plans for Gosford waterfront's revitalisation, and general Council matters like roads and infrastructure.  I value the chance to hear directly from members of our community about what matters to them and will be hosting more pop-ups at Central Coast Council events throughout the year.  Administrator pop-ups at Council events in 2023:

Time to surround yourself with love.

Council’s draft Central Coast Local Housing Strategy is now on exhibition for community input.

Council is heading back out to the community to talk all things Gosford, just four months after its major community consultation project for the revitalisation of Gosford waterfront.

I was delighted to walk a stretch of the Tuggerah Lake Foreshore shared pathway at Long Jetty recently to check out the pictures Council has stencilled along the pathway.  The purposeful education campaign aims to raise awareness of pathway etiquette and safety for everyone and is an action of Council’s Disability Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP) 2021-2025.

Central Coast Council is continuing its commitment to deliver over $1 million worth of upgrades to Council leisure and recreation centres this financial year, with $300,000 being spent on new gym equipment upgrades at Lake Haven Recreation Centre.

Central Coast Council’s biennial EMERGING art prize for early career artists will be announced at Gosford Regional Gallery on 3 February 2023, as part of this year’s EMERGING exhibition.

Central Coast Council will extend the public exhibition period of the new Plan of Management for Council community land as public hearings are set to get underway in early February.After taking account of the level of community interest in the process, the public exhibition period for the Plan of Management will be extended for an extra week until Tuesday 1 March 2023.A series of independent public hearings will start on Wednesday 1 February, with two hearings to be held at Wyong Administration Centre and other hearings at community venues in The Entrance, Erina and Woy Woy.  Interested members of the community are urged to pre-register to help manage seating capacity on the night.