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The Blue Mountains Cultural Centre has been highly commended for their NAIDOC week exhibitions and events at the 2019 IMAGinE Awards.

Member for Blue Mountains Trish Doyle has joined with Blue Mountains Councillor Romola Hollywood to pledge support for public libraries and back calls for the State Government to ensure secure long-term funding for council-run public libraries.

Blue Mountains City Council has recorded a significant year of achievements in its most recent Annual Report.

Blue Mountains Mayor Cr Mark Greenhill took to the streets recently to sell copies of the Big Issue and highlight the plight of homeless people in our community.

2019 proven to be yet another tremendously successful year for Blue Mountains Theatre and Community Hub. Blue Mountains Theatre hosted over 114 theatre events, achieving over 26,000 tickets sold through the box office and an estimated 200,000+ visitors to the facility.

Significant progress has been made in 2019 by the collaboration between Councils who make up the Western Parkland City. Blue Mountains City Council voted this week to formalise the framework around the alliance and adopted a Deed of Agreement (DoA) which will formally establish the Western Parkland Councils organisation, that includes the eight councils who signed the Western Sydney City Deal. 

Blue Mountains City Council Environment Manager, Nick Rigby, has been appointed as one of two local government representative to the Greater Blue Mountains Area (GBMA) World Heritage Advisory Committee.