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DesignInc Adelaide and architectural partner CO-OP Studio Melbourne have been appointed as the architectural firms to provide the next stage of intermediate drawings required for funding submissions for the proposed $40million Mount Gambier Regional Sport and Recreation Centre. DesignInc and CO-OP Studio have delivered many projects in the community recreation sector including the redevelopment and expansion of the $24million Campbelltown Leisure Centre - the ARC. Read full article

Visit the Riddoch Art Gallery for the opening of two new exhibitions Seeing Voices and Pine Tree Quilters on Friday 27 July 2018 at 6:00pm. Both exhibitions will be on display until Sunday 16 September 2018 and entry is free. The Seeing Voices exhibition is collaboration between National Exhibition Touring Support (NETS) and Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA) and explores how the voice is visualised, employed and reimagined in contemporary art. Read full article

The Mount Gambier Regional Sport and Recreation Centre Community Reference Group (CRG) met for the first time last night at the Civic Centre. It follows Council endorsement of 17 members of the CRG at its monthly full council meeting on Tuesday 17 July 2018. The community members represent local schools, swim clubs, allied health care providers, community youth groups, sporting/recreation club representatives and other community groups. Read full article

​Local government elections will be held in November 2018, but the time to enrol to vote is now. Participating in your local council election is one of the most direct ways you can make a difference to everyday life in your community. In South Australia, council elections are held every four years to allow the community to choose who they wish to represent them on council. To ensure you have the opportunity to vote, you must be enrolled on either the State (House of Assembly) electoral roll, or your council voters roll. Read full article

​City of Mount Gambier Councillors will consider a report outlining recommendations for members of the Mount Gambier Regional Sport and Recreation Centre Community Reference Group (CRG) for endorsement at its monthly full council meeting on Tuesday 17 July 2018. Read full article

​​City of Mount Gambier welcomes the announcement of $3.5million in Federal Government Building Better Regions Funds to support District Council of Grant’s Mount Gambier Airport redevelopment project. Federal Minister for Regional Development, Territories and Local Government Hon Dr John McVeigh MP made the major announcement at the Mount Gambier Airport this morning. Read full article

​In April 2017 Natural Resources South East (NRSE) and City of Mount Gambier translocated 200 Southern Pygmy Perch (Nannoperca australis) from Pick Swamp at Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park to the large water catchment area at the Railway Lands. NRSE Wetlands Conservation Ecologist Steve Clarke said the project aimed to take a sterile pond and make it function as a native ecological system. Read full article

​Tourism Mount Gambier welcomes $20,000 in Federal Government Building Better Regions Fund Community Investments, to bring the Guides of Mount Gambier visitor economy project to life to revitalise the local tourism industry. Tourism Mount Gambier will match the funds provided by the Federal grant to develop Guides of Mount Gambier, a long term project in partnership with the City of Mount Gambier to create a formal professional tour guiding program within the local tourism industry. Read full article

​City of Mount Gambier adopted its 2018/2019 Annual Business Plan and Budget at a special meeting on Tuesday 3 July 2018. Council will spend a total of $38.4million - $30.2million in operating expenditure and $8.2million in capital expenditure - on the delivery of services and programs, maintenance of assets and the development of new and upgraded assets. Read full article

An award winning team of artists, engineers and scientists from Victoria University today installed 29 three-dimensional butterflies on the light posts of Percy Street as part of the second installation of the Ripley Arcade and Percy Street Public Art Projects. Skunk Control combines art, science and design and collaborated with local schools to merge creativity and science into public art works for Mount Gambier. ​​ Read full article