Make sure you have a look at the glistening Gold Rhino at the rotunda. This is a collaborative project with the Dubbo Chamber of Commerce to help celebrate the 20th Gold Rhino award which will be handed out this year.
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The Chamber of Commerce has continued to go from strength to strength and, in conjunction with the CEO Series this year, it shows the value of a high-performing Chamber in any city.
The series continued Tuesday morning with QUBE Holdings CEO Maurice James speaking with us about how he runs the number 83 company on the ASX200 - a company worth almost $3 billion.
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In my new role as chairman of the Evocities Steering Committee I am continuing to push the message as hard as possible about regional relocation. The Evocities MTB Series has been very successful with the latest highlight being the one-hour special screened on SBS One on Sunday on the series and the cities involved.
On Wednesday I will be chairing a meeting in which all seven mayors and general managers come together to further progress the Evocities concept.
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For those who have been following the Oaktree development adjacent to Yarrawonga, you would know that at the last council meeting it was resolved to defer the development to seek a further review from the RMS.
The developer has had further discussions with council and is keen to see this development progress - and has offered to upgrade the carports to garages in the development if that helps it go ahead.
Council will now hold an extraordinary meeting on Monday, August 10, at 5.30pm specifically to debate this issue.
If you are interested you can attend the meeting and speak during the public forum section. I encourage as many people to attend as possible.
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Plans for the next Tour de OROC are progressing well although the organisers are just a few logos short of the world record they are trying to obtain.
Please contact David Hayes as soon as possible if you want your logo to be part of a Guinness World Record.
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I had an inspection of the progress of our upgraded Sewage Treatment Plan on Tuesday and significant progress had been made with plans on track and on budget.
This is a vital piece of infrastructure for Dubbo's future.
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Dubbo lost two of its significant contributors during the past two weeks in John Whittle and Joe Snare. Thank you to the contributions you both made to our city and may you both rest in peace.