New shop and units for Evans Head

of Evans Head,” a NDC spokesperson announced on LinkedIn.

A new shop top housing project has been announced by surveying and engineering frm, Newton Denny Chapelle, which will be located at the corner of McDonald Place and Elm Street, Evans Head. The development will provide a street level café and 10 units over two levels.

“The proposed building is in a visually prominent location and will help to defne the future character

“The building form draws architectural references from prominent art-deco buildings within the town centre such as the Illawong Hotel.

“The mix of building materials including brick and concrete, offset by lightweight materials, provides a neutral and natural material palette in harmony with the proposal’s coastal setting, its sub-tropical climate, and the existing streetscape.”

“The site’s proximity to existing amenity and infrastructure makes it ideally suited to medium density and accessible housing supply.”

The spokesperson said a mix of unit sizes will increase medium density housing supply and diversity within proximity of the Evans Head town centre and the Evans River foreshore area.

Local architect, Luke Barker of Barker Architects worked on the new development.

TIM HOWARD

Clarence Valley Council is making a habit of cutting the honeymoon periods for new mayors into matters of minutes.

Last week the council voted former Grafton City Council general manager Ray Smith as its third mayor in as many terms.

While Cr Smiths frst meeting was not as fery as that of his predecessor Cr Peter Johnstone last September, it certainly put the new mayor on notice that some of his fellow councillors were scrutinising his performance.

Cr Smith said while his frst meeting was a “a baptism of fre” it lacked the heat of Cr Johnstone’s frst meeting as mayor in September last year when council approved more than $30 million funding for the Grafton Regional Pool project in front of a packed placard wielding gallery.

Instead the new mayor’s frst mayoral minute was voted down and he was asked to adjudicate on a profusion of points of order as it appeared more experienced councillors sought to test the new mayor’s procedural knowledge.

Councillors voted for a show of hands to decide the mayor and deputy mayor position.

Cr Smith had to beat incumbent mayor Peter