Bellarine Times
Tuesday 18 May 2010
VOL 3. No 20
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Bellarine Community Health’s Helen O’Regan-Tabart and stallholders, Maria Preiato and ‘Chic’ Harding, are promoting the weekly Port Produce market as a valuable opportunity for local food producers to sell their fruit and vegetables, with no ‘middle man’ fees. See Page 3 for details.
Photo: ALISON MARTIN
$5M GROVE Multi-million dollar expansion of Ocean Grove’s bowling club set to provide massive benefits
BY ALISON MARTIN THE $5million Club Grove redevelopment is set to provide Ocean Grove and the Bellarine with the leading destination hospitality venue in Victoria. Construction starts next week and the entire project will be completed in time for the start of the busy summer holiday period on the Bellarine. Club Grove general manager, Michael Lewis, said while Club Grove’s primary focus would continue to be a bowling club with improved amenities for members, it would also become an icon of the entire Ocean Grove community.
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The major refurbishment will employ more than 100 tradespeople and will incorporate a new 150-seat restaurant, wine bar and café, children’s playroom, fireplaces, two function rooms, 60-seat members’ lounge and new gaming facilities. Lewis said the new building would extend 33 metres into the existing car park and provide facilities that had previously not been offered on the Bellarine. “We are spending $1.5million on the internal fit-out alone, which is contemporary and suited to our environment, so that gives an indication of the quality of the design,” Lewis said.
“The existing clubhouse will be demolished in stages so we can continue operating throughout construction.” Immediate changes while building works are in progress will include the relocation of the customer entrance to Lelean Street, extended operating hours of the club’s courtesy bus and dining specials. “We are creating a venue that will cater for a variety of uses, including weddings for up to 120 guests, conferences and a centre for service and community clubs,” Lewis said. “There will be new menus, a new wine list and
new branding to market Club Grove as the place to come for good food and good entertainment. “Staffing will double, new positions will be created and there will be exciting opportunities for the club and the Bellarine.” Lewis said the redevelopment had been planned over many years and when construction was completed, the club would set a benchmark for the region. “We aim to be a premier venue for the state,” he said. See an artist’s impression of the new Club Grove on Page 3.
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