THE TWEED SHIRE Volume 2 #07 Thursday, October 15, 2009 Advertising and news enquiries: Phone: (02) 6672 2280 seven t Fax: (02) 6672 4933 inmen [email protected] enterta [email protected] page 14 www.tweedecho.com.au LOCAL & INDEPENDENT Blueprint New bins and image rolled out for Pottsville unveiled Ken Sapwell centre next Wednesday between 2pm and 7pm, with the second on No- A blueprint for future development vember 4. of the fast-growing coastal village Council’s chief planner Vince Con- of Pottsville was unveiled on Tweed nell says the revamped DCP followed Shire Council’s website yesterday a court decision rejecting plans for a but residents are awaiting a formal supermarket on the nearby Seabreeze presentation before making any com- estate, ruling that it would create a ment. new town centre and kill established Pottsville Community Associa- business in the village centre. tion member Terry O’ Toole, who He said the win by the council led has made submissions to the coun- to further investigation of retailing op- cil’s consultants, Architectus, says the tions in the town centre which identi- long-awaited draft development con- fied a number of potential develop- trol plan (DCP) for the village would ment sites contained in the DCP. at least provide some boundaries. ‘The village centre will be consoli- ‘We want to make it clear that we dated as the primary activity hub for (l-r) Cr Barry Longland and mayor Warren Polglase with Gillian and Robert Richards, directors of Solo Resource Recov- are not against development in the the village the Pottsville community ery, at the launch of the new recycling bins on Tuesday. Photo Jeff ‘Some Things Should Never Be Recycled’ Dawson village but it has to fit in with the by increasing its opportunity for re- community’s wishes and expecta- tail, commercial and accommodation Ken Sapwell ‘As the largest local government The council’s waste contractor, Solo tions,’ he said. development,’ he said. area in northern NSW it is essential Resource Recovery, is investing more ‘The plan will have legal teeth ‘The draft plan covers the village Tweed Shire Council has rebranded for us to deliver a strong, clear and than $8 million in the new venture and provide certainty for the future centre and surrounding residential itself with a new logo as part of a unified identity through a strong and which includes a fleet of eight new growth of the town and its suburbs by and employment areas. It is struc- $45,000 strategy aimed at strength- modern imagery and visual style. trucks as well as the new bins. stipulating clear boundaries. tured in such a way that it encourages ening its corporate image. ‘We want to be the council for 2009 Solo director Robert Richards said ‘We want to retain a two-storey readers to look at the area holistically It uses muted tones to create an and beyond – not stuck back in the the objective of the exercise was to height limit and make sure that the recognising the interplay between abstract depiction of Mt Warning and 1980s.’ increase recycling, reduce landfill door is not left open for projects simi- areas within the wider Pottsville lo- our rivers, beaches, ocean and forests, Among the first to be rebranded and improve waste collection services lar to the over-50s resort which has cality.’ replacing a more colourful logo and with the new logo are 100,000 new across the Tweed. upset the Hastings Point community.’ He said the plan responded to en- its squiggly lines which have been in wheelie bins as part of a new multi-bin Tweed mayor Warren Polglase un- Mr O’Toole hoped Architectus’s vironmental constraints and tried to use for decades. collection system aimed at improving veiled the new-look bins, new collec- plan would exclude some of the con- keep the existing connected village In launching the logo on Tuesday, domestic waste recycling rates. tion trucks and residents’ information tentious elements contained in the structure of the Tweed Coast. new mayor Warren Polglase said it The new bins will be distributed to kit at an official launch at Chinderah company’s previous plan which he Association secretary Mike Wells was time the council had its own households over the next few weeks on Tuesday. said the community rejected last year, indicated he was prepared to keep an identity through a strong corporate in time for the first waste collection ‘We urge everyone to ‘Do the Right including three-storey buildings bor- open mind on all aspects of the plan, image. on December 1. Bin’ by becoming familiar with the dering the village green. including three storeys proposed for ‘We are a major service provider on Residents will then have two bins, a new coloured lids on the new bins – ‘We hope to be pleasantly sur- the CBD, until he was fully briefed behalf of the community and the larg- 240-litre container for recyclables and red for garbage, yellow for recycling prised,’ said Mr O’Toole, who will be and obtained feed-back from the est employer in the Tweed, managing a 140-litre bin for normal domestic and green for the optional organics attending the first of two information community. an annual budget of around $200 mil- refuse, with the option of a third 240- service,’ he said. sessions at the town’s neighbourhood continued on page 2 lion,’ he said. litre bins for green waste. ■ See Backburner on back page. 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Sale Ends Sunday 18th October 2009. <echowebsection=Local News> Local News Pottsville blueprint (from page 1) River catch-up forum to share ideas ‘We are prepared to look at breeze, Black Rocks and Koala everything on its merits – we Beach. Kim Cousins don’t want to be negative about The association will meet on it to the point of stupidity,’ he Tuesday, October 27, to con- Catch up on what’s happening said. sider its submissions to the in the Tweed catchment dur- He said the association had draft which will be on public ing the Tweed River Festival. been pushing for a DCP for exhibition until November 13. Local groups and individuals years to provide more certainty Copies of the plan are now are invited to come along to as the town grew from its pres- available on the council’s web- the Tweed Sustainable Living ent population of about 5,000 site and at the Murwillumbah Centre, Chinderah, at 9am to an estimated 10,000, mainly and Tweed Heads civic centres next Friday, October 23, for in the three suburbs of Sea- and the Kingscliff library. the Tweed Catchment Catch Up. Jane Lofthouse, natural resource management co- ordinator for Tweed Shire Council, said the forum provided people with the opportunity to share ideas. ‘It’s exactly that, a catch up,’ Jane said. ‘We get groups such as Landcare and Council together and have a program of talks. A lot of people don’t realise that others are out there No, this is not an image of Monte Carlo in summer but picturesque Tweed Heads last Saturday doing these things.’ during the classic boat regatta, part of the Tweed River Festival which continues this week. The morning will focus on Photo Jeff ‘Oar What' Dawson the long term needs of water in the Tweed with presentations October 18, with the main concludes that evening with a but adults love it too.’ from NSW Fisheries and festival day on the following lantern parade and fireworks Look for festival activities Council. In the afternoon Saturday, October 24. spectacular. throughout the Tweed this the day becomes hands on The paddle challenge has ‘The festival is based around week, including lantern and with workshops showing races from 800 metres to 14 water and catchment issues,’ drumming workshops, field participants how to build nest kilometres and launches from Jane said. ‘It’s education mixed days and information walks. boxes and attract wildlife to Jack Evans Boat Harbour with fun. Our catchment For further information call their garden. at 10am, and the festival trailer is focused at children Jane on 02 6670 2743. To book for the Catch Up call Dianne Rowles on 02 6670 2783 or [email protected]. Drought fans fears of bushfire gov.au. Tweed River Festival Ken Sapwell intense. 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