The Moyne Gazette, Page: 17
Thursday, 1 June 2006
EIGHT district community groups and projects will share in $40,000 made available by Pacific Hydro. The Yambuk Tennis Club, Port Fairy Surf Lifesaving Club, Port Fairy Folk Festival, Framlingham Aboriginal Trust, Port Fairy Cycling Club, Moyne Shire Council, the Port Fairy heated swimming pool project and Brophy Family and Youth Services recieved allocations at a reception at the Victoria Hotel yesterday. Part of its Sustainable Communities Fund, the funding is part of a long-term commitment to support projects in areas where the company is operating. Pacific Hydro chief executive officer Rob Grant promised the good news would continue.
''This will be the first of many annual payments Pacific Hydro will make over the operational life of our Codrington and Yambuk wind farms and we look forward to being a constructive member of the local community for many years to come, '' Mr Grant said. ''We are delighted to make money available to local organisations that are pursuing very worthwhile projects in their community. '' More than 50 organisations in the Port Fairy region applied for first-round funding, the requests totalling more than $600,000. Mr Grant said the company was overwhelmed by the response to the fund.
''All the applications put forward were worthy of funding and choosing these initial recipients was a difficult task. In this regard, we would like to thank Moyne Shire Council and members from the local community for their guidance, advice and support in allocating funding, '' he said. The Sustainable Communities Fund will open for second-round applications in the coming months.
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