Blue Mountains City Council is inviting input from the community, via a short survey, on a cowork space at Katoomba Civic Centre.

This week the Australian and NSW Governments announced that a number of new support packages will be rolled out to assist businesses during the current NSW COVID-19 lockdown.

Council is re-igniting its popular Love Local campaign to boost support of local businesses following the latest COVID-19 restrictions.

Council has welcomed the announcement that three of its bushfire recovery projects, valued at $5.3 million, have been funded by the Australian and NSW governments.

Blue Mountains City Council, in partnership with Ecotourism Australia, is offering up to ten local tourism businesses financial and marketing assistance to help them achieve ECO Certification.

Continuing Council’s ongoing support of Blue Mountains-based businesses, a range of FREE training workshops are available in June 2021.

When Blue Mountains City Council launched the Love Local campaign in January last year to help rebuild the local economy after the devastation of the 2019/2020 bushfires, its call for residents to “shop, play and stay local” and “spend an extra $20 in 2020” was widely embraced by the Blue Mountains community.

Reducing Council’s carbon emissions to zero by 2025 makes great environmental and financial sense and two of Council’s latest carbon reduction projects are helping to achieve that goal.

With Christmas just around the corner, and 2020 – a year like no other – soon to enter its final month, Blue Mountains City Council is delighted to launch its Love Local this Festive Season campaign.

Council has secured three grants for upgrades to Katoomba Town Centre. All will improve the overall look and functionality of the town, while boosting business and the arts.