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Blue Mountains City Council has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Western Sydney University and the Monash Sustainable Development Institute to explore opportunities to work together on the establishment of a Planetary Health Leadership Centre in Katoomba. 

Blue Mountains Library’s hugely popular Summer Reading Program has grown bigger and better for Summer 2020/2021. This year, the Library is launching Summer Reading Club online and encouraging children, young adults and now adults to sign up and enjoy reading adventures through a brand new app and website. But, if you’re a fan of the paper reading logs, these will still be available. 

Blue Mountains City Council awarded seven people the City’s highest honour, at a ceremony on Saturday, 28 November.

A new initiative ‘Zero Waste Leura’ was launched at Leura Garage on 25 November. The event marked the start of a year-long partnership project that aims to achieve ‘zero food waste’ in Leura and beyond.

Community enthusiasm for environmental conservation has grown this year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, with the formation of one new Bushcare – and two Landcare – groups in the Blue Mountains. 

Construction is now underway for the new playground at Glenbrook District Park, following an important community consultation on determining the design. 

More than 1400 volunteers contributed nearly 13,000 hours to Council-managed activities in 2019/2020.