Updated with cost 26 June 2024.
An award for Leadership in Growth Areas is now in the hands of Hume City Council. It was presented to a group of senior staff and councillors at the National Growth Areas Alliance conference in Sydney this week.
City councillor Sam Misho shared the award on his Facebook page stating it was “great to take part in the National Growth Area Alliance Hume City Council delegation”.
Joining him were Cllr Joseph Haweil, Cllr Jarrod Bell, and Cllr Naim Kurt, council CEO Sheena Frost, and Director for City Planning and Places Rachel Daprin. The trip cost ratepayers $14,648.03.
Cllr Misho said it was fascinating to see the growth Western Sydney is experiencing with the projected launch of the Western Sydney Airport, and the opening of a Penrith Beach.
“Also, very excited for the nomination of Leadership in Growth Areas received by our Hume City council in alliance with Mitchell Shire and City of Whittlesea,” he told his Facebook followers.
On the agenda at the three-day event, held at the Western Sydney Conference Centre, Penrith, were presentations on 20-minute urban centres, how to turn fast-growing cities and suburbs into economically productive secondary CBDs, the role private industry has to play, and what a connected digital future looks like.
The event began on Wednesday 29 May with welcome drinks handed out by Penrith City Council mayor Todd Carney.
Day two, on Thursday 30 May, gave Hume City representatives a chance to see Penrith Lakes, visit the Western Sydney Airport, tour Penrith in a luxury coach, visit the “picturesque” Nepean River, and enjoy lunch at a log cabin.
Day three saw Hume City reps attend an awards conference starting at 6pm.
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