GEORGES RIVER COUNCIL
The strategy aims to create a Kogarah Health, Education and Innovation Precinct.
Council Sets its sights on attracting investment to Kogarah Kogarah is geared for an economic boost, with the development of the Draft Kogarah Investment Attraction Strategy. The strategy aims to leverage Kogarah’s competitive advantages to create a Kogarah Health, Education and Innovation Precinct (HEIP), and guides the expansion of investment and employment in the sectors of health, education and innovation, to ensure the precinct reaches its full potential. The strategy provides a detailed analysis of Kogarah’s strengths and the opportunities that these present, and has identified a strong positioning for the development of a HEIP, based on Kogarah’s current health and education landscape and the area’s demographics. The development of the strategy coincides with the opening of the $13.5 million Microbiome Research Centre in Kogarah on 9 August 2019. Considered an Australian-first, the centre, which is dedicated to studying gut health, is a collaboration between the St George & Sutherland Medical Research Foundation, University of New South Wales and the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District.
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