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Weekly newsletter from Wagga Wagga City Council
First Printed Saturday 2 July 2022 | Issue #402
Wagga Wagga’s winter festival, Festival of W kicks off this weekend with the opening night set for Saturday 2 July, 4pm9pm. Council is encouraging locals and visitors to pull on their woolly mittens, embrace the wintry night and come along to Wagga Wagga’s Civic Centre Precinct to enjoy the large-scale lighting and sound installations, live music, roving performers, digital projections, warming street food and a 15m x 36m pop-up iceskating rink. Continued inside
FESTIVAL OF W DELIGHTS: (from left) Events Officer Emma Corbett and Destination and Events Coordinator Kimberly Parker experience the dreamy Sky Castle installation at dusk.
Major upgrades in store for two key sporting facilities in the city Two key sporting facilities in Wagga Wagga are in line for major upgrades after Council was awarded more than $7.74 million in grants in Round One of the NSW Government’s Multi-Sport Community Facility Fund. The allocation for Wagga
Wagga City Council includes $5 million for the Bolton Park Sports Hub – Stage 1 project (Jim Elphick Tennis Centre) and just over $2.74 million for the Bill Jacob Athletics Centre upgrade project at Jubilee Park. Deputy Mayor of the City of Wagga Wagga Councillor Jenny McKinnon welcomed the announcement by the NSW Office of Sport, saying the two projects will deliver wide reaching sporting, social and economic benefits. “The Bolton Park Sports Hub – Stage 1 project is in partnership with Tennis NSW and will see the Jim Elphick Tennis Centre redeveloped into a nationally significant tennis venue,” Cr McKinnon said.
“The Bill Jacob Athletics Centre upgrade will include construction of a 400-metre synthetic running track, along with a new warm up area, facilities for field events, new drainage and landscaping. “Once completed, these upgrades have the potential to see our city host more state and even national-level sporting competitions, further enhancing Wagga Wagga’s status as the ‘City of Good Sports’.” Duty MLC for Wagga Wagga, Wes Fang, has welcomed the funding as a major win for the city, delivering significant sporting, economic and social benefits to the community. “As communities grow, providing world-class facilities
is vital to enable people of all ages and abilities to get on the court or the track and enjoy the benefits that sport offers,” Mr Fang said. “These upgrades mean the door opens for our city to attract even more major sporting events, whether they be International Tennis Federation tennis or state and national athletic competitions, and the economic boost that such events will bring for Wagga Wagga.” The first stage of the Bolton Park Sports Hub sees not only the reconfiguration of Geoff Lawson Oval for cricket and AFL, but a complete redevelopment of the historic Jim Elphick Tennis Centre. Continues inside
GAME, SET & MATCH: Welcoming the NSW Government funding grants (from left) Little Athletics NSW Chief Executive Officer Rebecca Shaw, Wagga Wagga City Council Strategic Asset Planner (Parks and Recreation) Ben Creighton, Wagga Wagga Tennis Association President Mick Marien, Tennis NSW Infrastructure and Planning Manager Brett Pettersen, and Deputy Mayor of Wagga Wagga Cr Jenny McKinnon.
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