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New identity for Gosford CBD As the administration offices of Central Coast Council are centralised in Wyong and the old Gosford Council Chambers sold off to bail the organisation out, Gosford CBD searches for a new identity.Earlier this year Gosford Chamber of Commerce initiated a project that will see the CBD become a music city.
Known as Gosford Beats, cafes and coffee shops and other venues are being encouraged to provide live music in their venues and live music in Kibble Park wil...

Another hospital for Gosford Hospitals are big business and private hospitals are even bigger business.  So the announcement that the DA for a private hospital at West Gosford as a State Significant development has been approved is a big deal for Gosford (see page 7). The former Ausgrid Depot was acquired by local developers Commercialhq and the Gibbens Group in 2019. Soon after that they were approached by Wollongong based hospital developer AA Crown Holdings with a deal to bu...

Firstly though, there are people out there who want to play politics with the council merger and blame the NSW Government for the plight that we ratepayers find ourselves in. Well the Government did the right thing in respect of the merger of Gosford and Wyong Councils. The merger was supposed to stop the ongoing war between the two councils as well as make them more efficient and cost less to operate. The idea was good but the implementation was mad.  As Administrator Dick Persson...

This month CCBR starts a new segment, the Central Coast Economy. Going back ten years and beyond the Hunter Valley Research Foundation produced a half yearly Economic Indicators for the Central Coast. It ran from 1993 until the newly elected Liberal Government stopped funding it. In the Hunter it is now run by the University of Newcastle and funded by business and local councils and quarterly economic reporting continues very valuable service for that region. The Central Coast Economi...

As we go to press it is exactly six months to the next Local Government Elections. Saturday 4th September 2021 promises to be a defining day for the Central Coast which has endured four years of infantile petty politics and mismanagement across the board resulting in the appointment of an Administrator on 30th October last year. Looking at the fifteen councillors that we voted in only two should be considered for re-election if they should choose to run Councillors Greg Best and Bruce M...