A strong economy
- A clear blueprint has been put in place to transform the Sunshine Coast economy through the Regional Economic Development Strategy 2013-2033.
- Our Strategy is contributing to record levels of business confidence and more than $10 billion in new public and private investment is either committed or in the pipeline
- A strong focus on jobs:
– the Maroochydore City Centre is underway – will provide 10,000 jobs over the life of the project
– the Oceanside Health Hub – the public hospital is coming out of the ground and the entire Health Hub will provide approximately 6,000 jobs when completed and
– generating nearly 2,000 jobs from businesses that we have attracted to the Coast or encouraged to expand (eg. Youi).
- A new Planning Scheme for the whole Sunshine Coast has been put in place, providing greater certainty for the community and for investors.
- Opening the Sunshine Coast up to the world – supporting more Sunshine Coast businesses (like RADAQUA) to access new export markets.
- Assisting local businesses to access opportunities – last year alone, our Council spent $169 million with local businesses given our commitment to spend locally to help business grow and prosper.
What a fantastic future we have on our Sunshine Coast with these talented individuals and teams claiming tonight’s Mayors Telstra Innovation Awards. Success was shared between St Andrews and Chancellor Park Colleges. Congratulations Their ideas...
Sunshine Coast well and truly on world stage as an Intelligent Community The Sunshine Coast made history today, putting the spotlight on our innovative, healthy, smart and creative region on the world stage in New York.
#ICF the Intelligent Community Forum creates opportunities to compare and contrast best practice innovation and governance from around the world. Dana McDaniel (City Manager) and Doug McCollough (CIO) City of Dublin, Ohio, USA were eager to...
Today June 6 is Queensland Day and I marched in the ’Queenslanders Unite Rally’ to Parliament House. As Local Government Association of Queensland President, I was delighted to support our Primary Industries for a better deal in Regional Qld...
Baringa Community Centre officially opened today to serve a rapidly growing community. A wonderful delivery partnership between Sunshine Coast Council, Education Qld and Stockland. The Caloundra Community Centre is responsible for operational...
Sunshine Coast Falcons 32 defeated Burleigh Bears 16. Twelve wins on the trot for our undefeated Falcons. Well done boys! The rainbow was a positive indicator.
We are celebrating World Environment Day at Cotton Tree Park, Sunshine Coast. Lyndon Davis provided an inspiring welcome to country and local school teacher, Rod Blom updated me on the progress of his students in Geography. We live in a wonderful...
Maleny Show Day, what a magnificent event. Perfect weather, tremendous community volunteers, all the thrills and spills of side show alley plus the ring events, pavilion displays and food. Thanks to President Ivan Hankinson and his Executive...
Announcing the concept designs for the new Sunshine Coast City Hall in our new CBD in Maroochydore. A 5 star Green Star rating will ensure it is environmentally friendly as well as a leading edge technological workplace and our seat of local...
The first ever National Clean Technologies Conference is underway at the Events Centre Caloundra Sunshine Coast. Visitors from all over the eastern seaboard attending and the event is chaired by Cr Aaron Wood, Deputy Lord Mayor, Melbourne. Great...
Celebrating Small Business Week #QSBW19 with Sunshine Coast Chamber Alliance #SCBA19 at Maroochy RSL breakfast. Thanks to compere Kim McCosker, Jennifer Swaine and all the speakers including our current #SC Business Award recipients Craig Taplin...
Tonight I attended the ‘Glassies’ as a guest of State Member Andrew Powell. The Glasshouse Mountains Business Awards attracted a record crowd with over 150 in attendance. Thanks for the friendly welcome and your passionate approach to business in...
